Intruder
Jill Bialosky – Knopf
THE FIGURE
From a blank canvas sprang a swirl of color and emotion:
a mysterious figure emerging from a dark thicket.
Was he beautiful? Did it matter?
For once ugliness could be a form of beauty: an equivalent
Read rest of poem, plus an interview with Bialosky, @ On The Seawall: Ron Slate’s Website.
Elegguas
Kamau Brathwaite – Wesleyan Poetry
>down evening sun forever & for ever<
Heartease Which is where she is/in that
soft distance shining & i'm suddenly & at
last happy & very very sad & lonely at th
Read rest of poem @ Wesleyan University Press
Master of Disguises
Charles Simic – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Master of Disguises
Surely he walks among us unrecognized:
Some barber, store clerk, delivery man,
Pharmacist, hairdresser, bodybuilder,
Exotic dancer, gem cutter, dog walker,
The blind beggar singing, Oh Lord, remember me,
Read rest of poem @ The New Yorker, November 24, 2008
