Poetry snippets

[cinaed]

If my memory had the body
of a servant or thief
I would pursue it until it
returned what it had stolen:
already it blurs your face
with the faces of strangers.

~ "Absence" by Stephen Dobyns

*

Every beginning
is only a sequel, after all,
and the book of events
is always open halfway through.

~ “Love At First Sight” by Wislawa Szymborska

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Of course, I want to
save the world, she said,
but I was hoping to do it
from the comfort
of my regular life.

~ “Regular Life” by Brian Andreas

*

You’re in a car with a beautiful boy, and he won’t tell you that he loves you, but he loves you. And you feel like you’ve done something terrible, like robbed a liquor store, or swallowed pills, or shoveled yourself a grave in the dirt, and you’re tired. You’re in a car with a beautiful boy, and you’re trying not to tell him that you love him, and you’re trying to choke down the feeling, and you’re trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you’ve discovered something you didn’t even have a name for.

~ "You Are Jeff" by Richard Siken

Comments

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

I love the poetry snippets you post. Often, I end up looking up the poets.

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

BTW, I seriously think I may now pick up the Siken book.

[cinaed.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy the snippets. :) I love collecting them. And yeah, I might have to check to see if any of my local libraries have the Silken book. *nods*

[notadoor.livejournal.com]

Those are lovely. Thank you!

[cinaed.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I have a lot of fun collecting them. *grin*