poem for today - The Poet's Occasional Alternative (Paley)

[plantgirl]

The Poet's Occasional AlternativeI was going to write a poem

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[plantgirl]

This is the poem of Paley's that originally caught my attention.

[onetarot]

Man. This is just the thing that Garrison would read out loud.

sniff

I... I wish he'd read some of mine out loud...

;-)

A decent poem. I read it to gyre2k at a coffee shop. Naturally, she's not only heard of her, but has a book of hers.

[plantgirl]

Yes, but he wouldn't read yours nearly as well as you do! (Or maybe I'm biased because I associate your poetry with Raven's cooking.)
;p

I have about 15 poems left in the book of Paley's I'm reading. My evaluation is that most of her poetry doesn't grab me, but I can see why it might work for other people.