[lit-ideas] Re: A Poem
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:03:24 -0400
Mike, a pleasure. A real compliment, too. Coming as it does from a real
poet, who is also a granddad.
John
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Mike Geary
<jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Thanks for sharing it.
>
> Mike Geary
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> 2011/8/14 John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> From Granta Magazine, a poem by Jill Osier
>> Requiem
>>
>> Across the street, two boys begin to bury
>> a girl in leaves. Kneel ing at her side
>> they show her how to cover her face - *don’t*
>> *for get to breathe,* I imag ine they tell her,
>> when what they real ly should say is, *Try*
>> *to remem ber the smell of sun through it all. It’s*
>> *a rare courtship.* I watch her help,
>> gath er ing the leaves to her like love,
>> hid ing her self. No mat ter how many, it’s
>> the same heavy. One leaf will find its way
>> beneath her shirt, anoth er will tick le her lip.
>> What she’ll hear is almost like breath ing,
>> and it must be the leaves. Sounds beyond love,
>> sounds beyond love… Remem ber, I would tell her,
>> there are such things.
>>
>> ------
>>
>> It inspires me.
>>
>> My five year old grandson
>>
>> covers his three year old sister
>>
>> with pillows and cushions.
>>
>> Sometimes it's a house.
>>
>> Sometimes it's a castle
>>
>> from which one or the other of us
>>
>> will try to steal pillows,
>>
>> a monster vs superhero game
>>
>> of which he never tires.
>>
>> Grandad? He does get tired.
>>
>> Granddaughter? Loves being a princess.
>>
>> But today it's a dinosaur egg.
>>
>> It's cracking.
>>
>> The first small claw has appeared.
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
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