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
- Mother’s Death 1981 by Michael S Wilson
- Robert Burns: Jockey’s Taen The Parting Kiss:
- Grace Before Song poem – Ezra Pound poems
- The Passing Of Spring poem – Alfred Austin
- A Wintry Picture poem – Alfred Austin
- Ольга Берггольц – О, где ты запела
- Don’t Light The Candles by Yahia Al-Samawy
- Алексей Жемчужников – Себе
- Омар Хайям – О мудрец, если тот или этот дурак
- Николай Карамзин – Из мелодрамы Петр Великий (Жил был в свете добрый царь)
- Aftermath poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Алексей Жемчужников – Раскаяние
- Владимир Маяковский – Журнал “Крысодав”
- The Gardener IX: When I Go Alone at Night by Rabindranath Tagore
- In The Month When Sings The Cuckoo poem – Alfred Austin
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).
