Lex Runciman's "Neap Tide" comes from his most recent book, Unlooked For, published by Salmon Poetry. It originally appeared in The Gettysburg Review. Other work has appeared in such magazines and journals as Ploughshares, New England Review, Nimrod, Hotel Amerika, Poetry East, Fireweed, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. After a long teaching career, Runciman lives with his wife in his home town, Portland, Oregon.

Other poems by Lex Runciman in Verse Daily:
August 31, 2019:   "What Do You Carry?" "Beaches and their weather..."
April 29, 2017:   "The First Owner of This Book Says Its Story" "Smaller than an opened hand this little book..."
May 23, 2015:   "Saturday" "Light squares the windows...."
September 26, 2014:   "'How can we live in this fear?'" "Clouds may drift from the west...."
April 17, 2010:   "In Snow Fog" "Cedars lust for definition...."

Books by Lex Runciman:

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