Ghosts
by Martina Reisz Newberry
If you believe in ghosts,
I think you must believe
that earth’s good smells live on
and that the dead will act
on fury and on fear.
You must believe that, while
the dead are under the
dirt or parked in urns, they
still have a plan. They want
to see their favorite movies
again and scratch their dogs’
bellies, make love in warm places
and buy chocolate at the market.
I’ve sensed ghosts now and then,
turned to where I thought
my mother’s eyes might watch or
my father’s fingers might touch.
I’ve found my cupboard door
ajar and heard wild words
in the dark. If you believe
in ghosts, you must believe
that living is not a huge
salt sea, but a shallow
stream in which most things, like
the restless dead, stay afloat.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Помните
- Down on the Shore by William Allingham
- The Gardener XI: Come As You Are by Rabindranath Tagore
- Новелла Матвеева – Когда Вселенная открывает нам добровольно
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Montefiore poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Вера Павлова – По счету
- A Little Bird poem – Alexander Pushkin
- The Two Thieves; Or, The Last Stage Of Avarice by William Wordsworth
- Robert Burns: Behold The Hour, The Boat, Arrive:
- Иида Дакоцу – С землею смешались
- Sonet 49 by William Alexander
- Владимир Костров – Выходец из волости лесистой
- Apples of Hesperides poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Galahad, Knight Who Perished by Vachel Lindsay
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