from John Ashbery’s “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” How many people came and stayed a certain time, Uttered light or dark speech that became part… Read more “A Favorite Snippet of John Ashbery”
Tag: interpretation
Your Hands, Like Discarded Feathers
That morning, you told me you were terrified of poetry as a child. You told me stories of vines, stories of the things that continue to… Read more “Your Hands, Like Discarded Feathers”
Apartment-Living
You turn in your sleep, and it is at times like these when I wish you could wake and listen: I am ill. I know there… Read more “Apartment-Living”
Hypochondriac
You and your wings have left me paralyzed—the ‘skeltered wings hanging like crows’ nests, indefinitely, fusing together like salt and ice. And she said:… Read more “Hypochondriac”
Reading Lynn Emanuel
inside gertrude stein Right now as I am talking to you and as you are being talked to, without letup, it is becoming clear that… Read more “Reading Lynn Emanuel”
My Love For What Resembles
Flutter and burn, you turn almost sideways, glinting like those who lay un-described and silent. Lackadaisical birds. Tell me something other than your two methods of… Read more “My Love For What Resembles”
Psychology & Wine
(I apologize in advance; this poem needs a lot of work.) Psychology & Wine 1. At first, when she was nervous, the girl peeled the skin from… Read more “Psychology & Wine”
Early Signs Of—
It was on a night like this when I stopped trying to find you. Your body disappeared, and I was left in a sea of white linen… Read more “Early Signs Of—”
Speech Impediment
You often says things in which I can say little in return—my growing deficiency—and the sky turns yellow. We lay a blanket in a field in the… Read more “Speech Impediment”