The Gate
by Marie Howe
I had no idea that the gate I would step through
to finally enter this world
would be the space my brother’s body made. He was
a little taller than me: a young man
but grown, himself by then,
done at twenty-eight, having folded every sheet,
rinsed every glass he would ever rinse under the cold
and running water.
This is what you have been waiting for, he used to say to me.
And I’d say, What?
And he’d say, This—holding up my cheese and mustard sandwich.
And I’d say, What?
And he’d say, This, sort of looking around.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 26. Erin, Oh Erin. Томас Мур.
- To Lily poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Alicante Lullaby by Sylvia Plath
- Greece Madum…! by Perugu Ramakrishna
- Boy Running In The Rain
- Eternal Existence by Mark Miller
- Владимир Костров – Я стою, как дерево в лесу
- Василий Казин – Мой отец простой водопроводчик
- The Lads in Their Hundreds poem – A. E. Housman
- A Poem For Ashleigh (July) by Stevens Cadet
- Федор Сологуб – Я иду от дома к дому
- Владимир Степанов – Галочка-считалочка
- Solomon To Sheba by William Butler Yeats
- All Hail To The Czar! poem – Alfred Austin
- Кондратий Рылеев – К Фролову
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Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
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