10 Tuesday Dec 2013
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slides into home plate
like a clumsy shy kid, long after
the field has cleared.
A twinge
and the sun creeps out from behind a cloud
a doorway flasher, the half smile
smoother than Man Ray photographs, the mouth
full of don’t know. Just enough
for the hungry snake of a heart
that gulps moments whole.
from I, Nadja, and Other Poems (Brick 2006)
28 Monday May 2012
Here’s a haiku-brief poem from When Your Body Takes to Trembling (Cranberry Tree 1996) that was inspired by Fransisco Goya’s etching.
Sleep and Monsters
ticking clock
high heels tapping on concrete
underground parking—
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26 Saturday May 2012
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Faith
I know I am foolish to hear your voice in the wind,
but summer is for you,
with its naked carelessness and infinite youth.
And I know you are somewhere
golden and brilliant,
laughing at the fragility of the world.
23 Wednesday May 2012
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Susan has a poem in the powerful new anthology called The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poems about Facing Cancer. Edited by Fiona Tinwei Lam, the book features poems for cancer patients, survivors, their families & friends. Here’s the link.
23 Wednesday May 2012
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