This week’s poem, Penny Thoughts, is spoken from the point of view of Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. She held down the fort while he was off hero-ing.
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This week’s poem is one of the nine sections of a longer work, entitled Flood. Each section stands alone. This is part III of the poem.
Portrait of the Bouquet as Portent Who doesn’t like a stunning bouquet of fresh flowers? Their fleeting nature makes them seem more precious. But then there is the slow deterioration as the flowers shrivel and wilt. I feel disloyal, throwing…
What are the earliest memories you have of that place? The house my family lived in on Magee Avenue wasn’t the first place I remember living, but even so the earliest memories have a ghostly, fading-in-and-out quality to them.
World Cup play has started! We caught a few soccer games this weekend, and are looking forward to more. This week’s poem is a soccer poem, Fetch.