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
- The Mortal One by Sharon Olds
- Ольга Седакова – Прибавления к “Старым песням”
- Владимир Британишский – Богаевский
- I See Chile In My Rearview Mirror
- Владимир Маяковский – Стихотворение о проданной телятине
- Алексей Жемчужников – Прелюдия к прощальным песням
- At The Abbey Theatre by William Butler Yeats
- pissed-off cow by Raj Arumugam
- Игорь Северянин – Парижские Жоржики
- The Dead Woman poem – Pablo Neruda
- Orlando Furioso Canto 21 by Ludovico Ariosto
- I bring hope and love by Raj Arumugam
- Константин Бальмонт – Мы прячем, душим тонкой сетью лжи
- Robert Burns: The Chevalier’s Lament:
- Вероника Тушнова – Я стою у открытой двери
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).
