Daily Archives: April 12, 2024
Since You Asked ~ Raab
Since You Asked (for a friend who asked to be in a poem) Since you asked, let’s make it dinner at your house – a celebration for no reason, which is always the best occasion. Are you worried there won’t … Continue reading
Love After Love ~ Walcott
Love after Love The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again … Continue reading
The Grave-Digger ~ Gibran
The Grave-Digger Once, as I was burying one of my dead selves, the grave-digger came by and said to me, “Of all those who come here to bury, you alone I like.” Said I, ” You please me exceedingly, but … Continue reading
In Praise of My Bed ~ Holmes
In Praise of My Bed At last I can be with you! The grinding hours since I left your side! The labor of being fully human, working my opposable thumb, talking, and walking upright. Now I have unclasped unzipped, stepped … Continue reading