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
- Алексей Жемчужников – Отголосок девятой симфонии Бетховена
- The Unseen by Sara Teasdale
- Олег Бундур – Сухари
- Where Is David, the Next King of Israel? by Vachel Lindsay
- Bathed in War’s Perfume. by Walt Whitman
- Robert Burns: Willie Chalmers: Mr. Chalmers, a gentleman in Ayrshire, a particular friend of mine, asked me to write a poetic epistle to a young lady, his Dulcinea. I had seen her, but was scarcely acquainted with her, and wrote as follows:-
- Stanzas poem – John Keats poems
- Give Me Women, Wine, and Snuff poem – John Keats poems
- Listen Beloved
- Owl by Sylvia Plath
- English Poetry. Richard Hovey. The Old Pine. Ричард Хави.
- Whose beer is that? A Poem about Beer.
- The Mocking Bird by Timothy Thomas Fortune
- Summon Me by Walid Saba
- A Pity, We Were Such A Good Invention by Yehuda Amichai
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