Your Poems on My Patio
by Martina Reisz Newberry
for Djelloul Marbrook
The mountains are perfect
this morning so I re-read
your perfect poems.
Knit two, purl three,
knit two, purl two
and there on the page
is a scarf in hearty woolen
adverbs and adjectives.
I would do nearly anything
to know that someone
lingered over my images
as I do yours and
I would do it twice to find
you’d borrowed
one of my phrases.
You must know that
your poems, so beautiful they
are treacherous, paralyze my pen.
Oh, I realize this isn’t
an appropriate way
to show gratitude, nor is it
an answer to my reflection
in the cracked mirror
of my own regrets.
This morning, my friend,
I found autumn
and the sea,
and terror and love
and wonder and pain
and such enviable
nourishment
that I can never forgive you.
Yes, I am tired,
and even the surreal sky,
even the spirit-filled mountains
don’t rouse me to action.
I read instead—read
Your poems and sip at
a Mimosa because it’s
never too early for champagne
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Robert Burns: On The Death Of Robert Dundas, Esq., Of Arniston,: Late Lord President of the Court of Session.
- Федор Сологуб – Так нежен был внезапный поцелуй
- Алишер Навои – На лице горит созвездье у красавицы моей
- On The Porch At The Frost Place, Franconia, N. H. by William Matthews
- Dreaming of Li Po by Tu Fu
- Obscurity, the Essay and Poems on Obscurity by Abraham Cowley
- LET Go.. by Renu Ayyar
- come, sun rays by Raj Arumugam
- Как Снегурочка дела
- Intimidation by Satish Verma
- Arcady Unheeding by Siegfried Sassoon
- From ‘Samson Agonistes’ i poem – John Milton poems
- Олег Григорьев – Однажды Сережа и Оля
- Specimen Of An Induction To A Poem poem – John Keats poems
- First Poem by Peter Orlovsky
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
