Comments on poem.: week four free-for-all

Therese, love the image of Pharaohs and tombs. Wh...

2008-03-30T06:09:00.000-07:00

Therese, love the image of Pharaohs and tombs. What a clever metaphor. I, too, really enjoy the poetry of everyday life. "full clutch of knives" is such a great line, the words have a wonderful sound & the image is right on.

Therese, I love a poem about everyday events. Th...

2008-03-28T17:25:00.000-07:00

Therese, I love a poem about everyday events. This is life! Wonderfully done!

From Therese--Here's mine. Line breaks are designa...

2008-03-28T16:32:00.000-07:00

From Therese--Here's mine. Line breaks are designated with a slash.

PUTTING AWAY THE SILVERWARE

From the plastic basket at the bottom /
of the dishwasher, you pull out first /
all the royal dinner forks,/
those high-browed Pharaohs; and then /
a full clutch of knives, sloped and fanged /
like cobras; and then the sidelong troops /
of teaspoons; and lastly,/
that haughty Sphinx, the one remaining /
utensil for soup.

You lay each piece of silverware /
into the fitted rubber tray /
inside the old drawer by the sink./
You close the drawer, leaving /
the entire dynasty safe
within its tomb./

At least until the looters, /
those almond-eyed teenagers, /
march back into the kitchen. /

Hungry, hungry still./

This is a poem about my putting away of religious ...

2008-03-26T20:44:00.000-07:00

This is a poem about my putting away of religious beliefs in a garbage can.

One of the reasons anyway.

A kyrielle was written for religion, which is ironic, because I stabbed Catholicism in the chest!

Catholicism