Jack Gilbert People Poems
- 1. Summer At Blue Creek, North Carolina
There was no water at my grandfather's
when I was a kid and would go for it
with two zinc buckets. Down the path,
past the cow by the foundation where
... - 2. Failing And Flying
Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.
It's the same when love comes to an end,
or the marriage fails and people say
they knew it was a mistake, that everybody
... - 3. The Forgotten Dialect Of The Heart
How astonishing it is that language can almost mean,
and frightening that it does not quite. Love, we say,
God, we say, Rome and Michiko, we write, and the words
get it all wrong. We say bread and it means according
... - 4. Rain
Suddenly this defeat.
This rain.
The blues gone gray
And the browns gone gray
... - 5. In Umbria
Once upon a time I was sitting outside the cafe
watching twilight in Umbria when a girl came
out of the bakery with the bread her mother wanted.
She did not know what to do. Already bewildered
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Ronald Thorpe Jorgensen: Though uneven, his best are our American heights and the lucidity of the earth: The Abnormal Is Not Courage and A Brief for the Defense. I encourage other readers to welcome them into the memory of their hearts.
ronald jorgensen: Though uneven, his best are our American heights and the lucidity of the earth: "The Abnormal Is Not Courage", "A Brief for the Defense". I encourage readers to welcome them into the memory of their hearts.
