Three Poems
2022; University of Nebraska Press; Volume: 43; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/fro.2022.0005
ISSN1536-0334
Autores Tópico(s)Poetry Analysis and Criticism
ResumoThree Poems Alice Rosenblitt Lacey (bio) watercolor: woman riding a red motorcycle downhill in san francisco your heart's an original, a Masterpiece, purple, bloodless but a damn good pumpfirming those tiresfor that ride in your legs for that downhill plungeas you gulp in air, aim for bumps, force it down, twitch your tail in a fi sh's paroxysms, gilling for oxygenand there's too much airin your tires, in your hard heart not breakingthat oxyhemoglobin fast enoughand you crash the bayyour heart hooks up your throat, a purple medalpinned to the deadweight of your leather jacketand the water forces your eyes open, hating drynessshowing you nothingtaking your last beat, a wet sponge thrown against a wall, sticking purple ink splashing—DYKE ON BIKE SUICIDE RIDE my heart's a cliché, in dark glasses, hides black- caped in a red silk liningstill she searches for your lettersstill she slinks to the ledge [End Page 145] two sisters 1.Teresatells me about her sister who still lives in Indiana she's mentioned her beforebut I never paid attention she compares herto my sistertells me she was amazed after meeting her not so much by her heavy-metalBIG hair that screamed I don't give a damnabout poetrybut by how well we got along I realized I'd never thought about her and her sisterhow they loved each other somehow the way my sister and I I had been thinking only of my ownlife againoverlooked another human being saying I am like you 2.a glance is made up ofa glance is made upI don't know if I ever looked at youwe tell ourselves our lives to sleep at nightI don't know what I saw when I watched you hideI am no discovererI am no gambler eitherI believe the Earth is rounddice rollI watch them fail to turn upanswersI am no psychicI don't knowthat you love meI am no loverjust a simple grave-digger [End Page 146] want So long ago, I wished "Please, curly hair, conform to what is 'normal' for first grade"but drinking daily cups of lemonadeto make straight honey-blond just led nowhere and munching sponge cake failed too, I despaired. When I was old enough, I chose to trademy auburn for a purchased dyed cascadeof pert plum ringlets begging constant care. While time went infi nite, my "fitin" wishfor other color hid in shades of shame.Why did I want us to all seem the same?I've learned desire defi es its fi nish.I've gone au naturale so look away—My time has come to fl aunt my golden-grey. [End Page 147] Alice Rosenblitt Lacey alice rosenblitt lacey has a master's degree in English/creative writing from NYU and a BA in English from Yale University. She has taught for the City University of New York for the past twenty-five years. Her essay, "In Deference to Dreams Deferred" was published by Brill as Chapter 7 in Poetry across the Curriculum: New Methods of Writing Intensive Pedagogy for U.S. Community College and Undergraduate Education. Alice has also published her poetry in the anthology Celebrating Women: 20 Years of Co-Education at Yale College and in Newtown Literary, phati'tude, Long Shot, The Ledge, Pome, LaMia Ink, ABC No Rio Mag, What Happens Next? and the National Poetry Magazine of the Lower East Side. She is listed in the Poets & Writers' Directory of Writers. Her poem, "Queens Queens," was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and her one-act play, "Service," was produced at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in Times Square. Alice was a finalist in the last selection process for the Poet Laureate of Queens. She has served as a judge for Poetry Out Loud and for the Queens Public Library Poetry Contest. Alice was a discussion facilitator for "Baldwin and Bebop" held at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in collaboration with "Jazz at Lincoln...
Referência(s)