Richard Schnap - Entity

Sometimes I hear it

From the apartment above

A man softly strumming

For someone who’s not there




And sometimes I see it

In the street down below

A young girl in black

With a liquor store bag




And sometimes I feel it

When the hand of the wind

Scatters the blossoms

Of the magnolia next door




But always I know it

As the light fades away

And another day passes

Without learning its name






















Richard Schnap is a poet, songwriter and collagist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His poems have most recently appeared locally, nationally and overseas in a variety of print and online publications.