Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Notes on some poems

(Originally Written October 7, 2009 in the Journal)

For Sale A poem by Robert Lowell

I like this line:

"Read, afraid
of living alone till eighty
mother mooned in a window,
as if she had stayed on a train,
one stop past her destination"

The Bagel A poem by David Ignatow

This was funny, truly absurd and funny. I wonder if there was even a deeper meaning.

Roses and Revolutions A poem by Dudley Randall

The first line is excellent - "Musing on roses and revolutions"

With my crowbar key A poem by William Stafford

"Making my home in Vertigo
I pray with screams
And think with my hair
Prehensile in the dark with fear"

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