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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
I suppose we can read this as a positive statement of purpose as long as we remember that it could have been composed by Travis Bickle, too. And that there's a good reason for the basic creative writing dictum, "Show, don't tell."
Posted by: jim c | July 16, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Thank you for the valuable comment, Jim. The funny thing is, this quote from Cardinal Newman was pre-posted on July 12 -- without reference to current events.
Posted by: David Lehman | July 17, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Doesn't Cardinal Newman look uncannily like Rod Stewart? We live in interesting times, as Xi Jinping might say.
Posted by: jim c | July 17, 2024 at 05:27 PM