My eye will not stop jumping. the beautiful structure I thought was sound is hollow all the way through. worse yet, there is no candy hid inside. the house we built from dreams and saccharine love is rotting all through. so my eye will not stop jumping and my teeth will not stop moving together …
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Kyiv I don’t believe in poetry the poet said to the plant trying to be a tree in the rubble of the city. I believe in your assembly the poet said to the sticks of wood holding up the fragile seedling like an art piece. Your form is the future the poet offered the construction…
For my last post on A. R. Ammons [in June 2008], I thought I’d discuss the textual history of one of his very late poems, “Speaking.” Our genial host here at The Best American Poetry blog, David Lehman, arranged for this poem to be published in The New Yorker a few months after Ammons’s death in February…
We stood, hugging, in the square Taking root into the concrete floor. Birds were nesting in the tree-tops of our heads. This time, Promises won’t move us! The post In the Square | Zohar Teshartok appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online
Forgive me for the way I have misused my words to spread hate, lust, and ugliness. Forgive me for using a pen as a sword. This is my pledge to bring wholeness with words instead. The post A Note for Forgiving | Russ Cope appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry…
dedicated to my best Romanian friend Vasile your smile smiled at me a glow beauty your eyes smiled at me a glow beauty The post A Glow Beauty | Mónika Tóth appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to Source Author: Best Poetry Online
