Lisel Mueller Face Poems
- 1. Curriculum Vitae
1992
1) I was born in a Free City, near the North Sea.
... - 2. Things
What happened is, we grew lonely
living among the things,
so we gave the clock a face,
the chair a back,
... - 3. A Day Like Any Other
Such insignificance: a glance
at your record on the doctor's desk
or a letter not meant for you.
How could you have known? It's not true
... - 4. Blood Oranges
In 1936, a child
in Hitler's Germany,
what did I know about the war in Spain?
Andalusia was a tango
... - 5. Five For Country Music
I. Insomnia
The bulb at the front door burns and burns.
If it were a white rose it would tire of blooming
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