The Wind Has Died
My little boat,Take care, There is noLand in sight. —Charles Simic Charles Simic has been Poet Laureate of the United States and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.…
Blackout
Mother is knitting for meA sweater in the dark. Father is on all foursSearching for a black cat. —Charles Simic Charles Simic's many books of poems included Come Closer and Listen,…
Cherry Pie
If it’s true that the devil has his fingerIn every pie, he must be waitingFor the night to fall, the darkness toThicken in the yard, so we won’t see himLick…
Arson
Shirts rose on a neighbor’s laundry line,One or two attempting to fly,As three fire engines sped byTo save a church going up in flames. People walking back from the pyreWith…
The Music Box
Ladies and gents in rows of grim portraitsOn a high wall of your town house,Over a small cross and a music boxThat nowadays plays only silenceTo an audience of draped…
My Double
Eyebrows raised in surprise,He got into the habitOf talking to himselfAnd answering his own questionsIn a loud and angry voice. —Charles Simic Charles Simic's many books of poems include Come Closer…
It’s a Day Like Any Other
The old couple are weedingSide by side in the garden,Their dog right behind themWagging his tail eager to help. Living in complete ignoranceOf what goes on in the worldIs the…
Sit Tight
When the old clockThat woke the deadWith its loud tick fell silent,Eternity moved in.A mirror looked toward the doorWith eyes of a dogWho wanted to be takenOut for a walk.…
Mister
You, in a long black overcoat,Striding past meOn this busy streetAnd giving me the air,I have a hunchYou are the one who cracks the whipAround here and givesTwo-bit grippers like…
Dark Window
Of a crying womanWith her tears litBy the headlightsOf a passing car. —Charles Simic Charles Simic's many books of poems include Come Closer and Listen, Hotel Insomnia, My Noiseless Entourage, and The Lunatic.
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