« Is San Francisco to Poetry What New York Is to Fiction? [by Dean Rader] | Main | Are There Iconic Contemporary American Poems? A BAPB Roundtable [by Dean Rader] »
An Epiphany
arrived in the mail today
a gouache
something poisonous
Vermilion
it couldn't be
An extension
of a poet
like orange paint
in the hands
of a mailman
traveling to
the year 1994
and then
to my mailbox
without a single
fingerprint
a poetic translation
of atomic numbers
is a splotch
of Indian Yellow
perhaps
a dot of Cobalt
-- Nicole Santalucia
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
Your Information
(Name and email address are required. Email address will not be displayed with the comment.)
Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
YGI 43
This is really lovely David.
Jennifer
Posted by: Jennifer Michael Hecht | November 10, 2010 at 12:32 PM