It is morning, daylight enters like the night, only light makes it different. And if the milk man had not gate crashed, asking his dues I would have said: it is night already, come back in the morning!
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today he is a shimmer of waved heat coiling quick from the baked tar roads we drive, mirage like moods shifting hazed sense to meet my words with monosyllables; we strive to communicate longings shuffled with business and the banality of red bills we must adhere to mapped routes and the lithe electric hum that…
The first poetry book I’m recommending in 2024 is Pittsburghese by Robert Gibb, published by Michigan State University Press/Wheelbarrow Books on January 1. Pittsburghese is part elegy for the no-longer steel mills and part ode to the inhabitants of Pittsburgh and nearby Homestead. As a person who grew up in a dying mill town (Woonsocket,…
He rhapsodizes, besotted by lust She beams, rapt by lyrics and rhymes Of baby, sugar, sweetie and honey Now cascading at your feet, eager to love Then without a fuss, you’ve had your fill Your hunger is quenched before hers stirred If this was church, she only heard grace And it was not even chanted…
Today I’m delighted to share a folio of poems by Dora Malech. Dora Malech is the author of three books of poetry: Shore Ordered Ocean, published by The Waywiser Press in 2009; Say So, published by the Cleveland State University Poetry Center in 2011; and, most recently, Stet, selected by Susan Stewart for the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets…
And we all said, “Save the children!” He was born to a mother Who didn’t want him And to a faceless father And we all said, “Save the children!” She was moved From home to home Her mother wanted a chance But couldn’t care for her And we all said, “Save the children!” He has…
I still remember that day when mom told me with her softy voice you should never show your weakness I need you to be strong over the rocks I was only ten years old I didn’t really understand the meaning of these words but it affected me deeply and I have learned throughout my thorny…
