Lisel Mueller Children Poems
- 1. Bedtime Story
The moon lies on the river
like a drop of oil.
The children come to the banks to be healed
of their wounds and bruises.
... - 2. Curriculum Vitae
1992
1) I was born in a Free City, near the North Sea.
... - 3. Monet Refuses The Operation
Doctor, you say there are no haloes
around the streetlights in Paris
and what I see is an aberration
caused by old age, an affliction.
... - 4. Why We Tell Stories
For Linda Foster
I
... - 5. Alive Together
Speaking of marvels, I am alive
together with you, when I might have been
alive with anyone under the sun,
when I might have been Abelard's woman
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