August 03, 2007

ON TRYING TO LIKE A POEM I DON’T UNDERSTAND

the title seems clear
enough tho even after
7 readings, I’m not
sure what it mans.
Somehow, there are
boys and grasshoppers
and capitals in the
middle of a line.
Someone not there
is wanting something
so much he could do
anything to get it.
Adjectives and
jesters stud the poem
somebody must have
understood to give
it a prize. Somebody
in the poem is having
nightmares. Or they
could be dreams. In
fact, every image in the
poem could be what
ever you want it to be

—Lyn Lifshin

Posted by dwaber at August 3, 2007 12:46 PM