—after Bonnard’s Nude in Bathtub, oil on canvas, c. 1940-1946 I remember its milky curvy bulk perched on dainty claw feet watery blue bathroom tiles the rush and crash of water from the taps I remember the long brown whip of him Roger stretched across the green and yellow rug the damp air […]
Matthew Thorburn
Matthew Thorburn’s latest book is The Grace of Distance, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. His book Dear Almost won the Lascaux Prize. He has new poems in Copper Nickel, The Southern Review and The Best American Poetry 2020. He lives in New Jersey.