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August 30, 2012

Postscript (Poem by David Lehman)

He wrote the whole novel in his head,
Sentence by sentence. It took him all day.
Then he took out a wide-ruled yellow legal pad . . .


This is the opening of today's "Poem of the Day" at the Academy of American Poets. Continue reading here.

-- sdh

Posted by on August 30, 2012 at 11:34 AM in Adventures of Lehman, Poems |

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David Lehman took a greater courage to write his poem. His poem inspires me to write more. Thanks David!

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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

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