Saturday, April 26, 2014

A poem by R.S. Thomas from The Writer's Chronicle and three poems by Keetje Kuipers from her book The Keys to the Jail

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To all light things
I compared her; to
a snowflake, a feather. . . .
 --From "Comparisons," a poem by R.S. Thomas, from Collected Later Poems 1988-2000 (Bloodaxe Books, 2004), reprinted in The Writer's Chronicle (October/November 2013), p. 56.  

 
It was the season of dead moles,
black silken pelts like evening purses
abandoned along the forest path. . . . 
--From "Our Last Vacation," a poem by Keetje Kuipers, published by Connotation Press, Volume 5, Issue 8 (April 2014) and reprinted in her collection The Keys to the Jail (BOA Editions, 2014), p. 15.    
 
 
What if I came here with some idea
of this place, of who I could be when I'm
 
in it: Learned the names for every clouded
body of water. . . .  
--From "Dog Gun Lake," a poem by Keetje Kuipers, published by Lo-Ball and reprinted in her collection The Keys to the Jail (BOA Editions, 2014), p. 59.  
 
 
It was a beautiful night for the rodeo. 
Rain all day and then a sheen of evening
sun.  I went to the grocery store, bought
someone else's bread, some else's
milk. . . .    
--From "A Beautiful Night for the Rodeo," a poem by Keetje Kuipers, published by American Poetry Review (May/June 2013) and reprinted in Poetry Daily and in her collection The Keys to the Jail (BOA Editions, 2014), p. 81.   

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