The Salt

Peter Schireson's The Salt is a chapbook of 21 poems which touch on a wide range of subjects, including romantic love, the nature of the self, aging, and loss.

Self-Portrait with Tree

I want to have you,

I murmur

to the photograph in an airport

of a tree on a ridge,

its frail silver gelatin silhouette

leaning against a bright sky.

The shadow hovering

at the edge of the frame

must be me.