David Allan Evans is a South Dakota Poet.
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Pole Vaulter

David Allan Evans writes about "The Pole Vaulter."

By David Allan Evans

The approach to the bar
is everything

unless I have counted
my steps __hit my markers
feel up to it __I refuse
to follow through
I am committed to beginnings
or to nothing

planting the pole
at runway’s end
jolts me
out of sprinting
I take off __kicking in
and up __my whole weight
trying the frailty
of fiberglass

never forcing myself
trusting it is right
to be taken to the end
of tension __poised for
the powerful thrust to
fly me beyond expectation

near the peak
I roll my thighs inward
arch my back __clearing
as much of the bar as I can
(knowing the best jump
can be canceled
by a careless elbow)

and open my hands

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David Allan Evans' latest book is the Carnival, the Life.

THE CARNIVAL, THE LIFE

David Allan Evans‘ vision is virtually limitless. Born of the great expanse of South Dakota and touching locales as distant as Mexico, China and the Isle of Man, Evans’ expression of that vision is as subtle as it is encompassing. THE CARNIVAL, THE LIFE (Settlement House Books, 2013) is a meditation on a life well lived.

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