recent poems by Evan

I think he thinks all poems have to begin with "When." Must be the influence of Larkin ("High Windows"):


When the sun shines
it seems like a piece of gold.



When it is cloudy,
it looks like there are big
snowballs in the sky,

but they are full of rain,
and snow.



When I look out the back bedroom window
and I see Benjamin,
I feel excited, because we always have fun together.
I run to the front door, and open it,
and I go out, closing it behind me,
and I run through the gate
and I start playing Playmobil with Benjamin,
who has brought his police van and a robber
and his police car and his police station
to my backyard.