Now *here's* a Rae Armantrout poem I can sink my teeth into.
Unbidden
The ghosts swarm.
They speak as one
person. Each
loves you. Each
has left something
undone.
•
Did the palo verde
blush yellow
all at once?
Today's edges
are so sharp
they might cut
anything that moved.
•
The way a lost
word
will come back
unbidden.
You're not interested
in it now,
only
in knowing
where it's been.
-- Rae Armantrout
from Versed, new this month from Wesleyan.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
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