At the Larry Levis Poetry Festival

At the Larry Levis Poetry Festival

I remember when it was
solemnly declared
by someone reading them
“These are great poems 
we are hearing today”
we being those
who already loved Levis
enough to go to a festival
held in his honor
we were hearing his last poems
for the first time
and they really were great poems 
as all of us hope
our last will be