Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Unfinished Business

Left to my own 
Faulty devices, I find 
 
What I no longer have 
Any need of keeps 
 
Lagging behind, reminding 
Me of what it is 
 
I am missing— 
A friend in need. 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Archilochos And The Nymph Neobulé

Some Parian nonentity was strutting 
In the agora today with my ravishing 
NeobulĂ©—I had to leave her unquenched, 
Still on fire down by a bush 
Near a brook and ran off 
Babbling when the struggle 
Got hot and way out of hand— 
Somehow, saving my shaft seemed 
More precious, I mean where 
Could I find another 
One equally cool, 
Whiplike and long? 
 
 
 

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Sunday, April 18, 2021

First Things First

—for Eleni, always 

 
The last thing you wish 
To see before falling 
 
Asleep is the fluttering 
Of her eyelids first 
 
Thing in the morning. 
 
 
 
 

 

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