Joyce Sutphen Together Poems
- 1. The Farm
My father's farm is an apple blossomer.
He keeps his hills in dandelion carpet
and weaves a lane of lilacs between the rose
and the jack-in-the-pulpits.
... - 2. The Aunts
I like it when they get together
and talk in voices that sound
like apple trees and grape vines,
... - 3. Older, Younger, Both
I feel older, younger, both
at once. Every time I win,
I lose. Every time I count,
I forget and must begin again.
... - 4. Sometimes Never
Talking, we begin to find the way into
our hearts, we who knew no words,
words being a rare commodity
in those countries we left behind.
... - 5. Casino
My mind is shuffling its deck tonight,
slipping one card over another,
letting them all fall together at the corners;
the random hand of memory
... - 6. Naming The Stars
This present tragedy will eventually
turn into myth, and in the mist
of that later telling the bell tolling
now will be a symbol, or, at least,
... - 7. The Exam
It is mid-October. The trees are in
their autumnal glory (red, yellow-green,
orange) outside the classroom where students
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