It’s hard to say what Philly took from me. How it wound around me and with a nail in my side while whispering to the other ear just how much there was to be done. What would you have done? I asked for friends, they did not come. We were just office clerks. We sat [...]
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Poem of the Day: Why I Left
Posted in Nina Alvarez, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, words, Write, Writer, writing on 05/25/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Poem of the Day: Dropping a Name
Posted in Nina Alvarez, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, words, Write, Writer, writing on 05/22/2010 | 3 Comments »
Dropping a Name Who were you when they sat around you? You had on a red skirt and braids in your hair. You waxed philosophic while drinking Pierre Joris’ wife’s white wine with a strawberry in it. You were just years out of suburbia but Charles Bernstein was at the party and you thought you [...]
Poem of the Day: Art
Posted in emerson, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, words, Write, Writer, writing on 05/17/2010 | 1 Comment »
Art Give to barrows, trays, and pans Grace and glimmer of romance; Bring the moonlight into noon Hid in gleaming piles of stone; On the city’s paved street Plant gardens lined with lilacs sweet; Let spouting fountains cool the air, Singing in the sun-baked square; Let statue, picture, park, and hall, Ballad, flag, and festival, [...]
Poem of the Day: The Hound of Heaven
Posted in Francis Thompson, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, words, Write, Writer, writing on 05/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped; And shot, precipitated, Adown Titanic glooms [...]
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