SHADOW OF A SHADOW
Your shadow sways by you
like a grapevine’s vine.
But what no one ever thinks about
is the shadow’s shadow
swaying behind.
—from 2017 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
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Why do you like to write poetry?
Niko Galifianakis: “My mom and dad met in a poetry class, so I guess it would come naturally. One day some poems just came to me so I decided to write them down.”