From Contemporary American Poetry (5th Edition).
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Lisel Mueller
Things
What happened is, we grew lonely
living among the things,
so we gave the clock a face,
the chair a back,
the table four stout legs
which will never suffer fatigue.
We fitted our shoes with tongues
as smooth as our own
and hung tongues inside bells
so we could listen
to their emotional language,
and because we loved graceful profiles
the pitcher received a lip,
the bottle a long, slender neck.
Even what was beyond us
was recast in our image;
we gave the country a heart,
the storm an eye,
the cave a mouth
so we could pass into safety.
From Alive Together.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Richard Brautigan
The Last Surprise
The last surprise is when you come
gradually to realize that nothing
surprises you any more.
From Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork.
The last surprise is when you come
gradually to realize that nothing
surprises you any more.
From Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork.
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