Louise Gluck Away Poems

• 1. Penelope's Song
  Little soul, little perpetually undressed one,
  Do now as I bid you, climb
  The shelf-like branches of the spruce tree;
  Wait at the top, attentive, like
  ...
• 2. The Myth Of Innocence
  One summer she goes into the field as usual
  stopping for a bit at the pool where she often
  looks at herself, to see
  if she detects any changes. She sees
  ...
• 3. Siren
  I became a criminal when I fell in love.
  Before that I was a waitress.
  
  I didn't want to go to Chicago with you.
  ...
• 4. The Pond
  Night covers the pond with its wing.
  Under the ringed moon I can make out
  your face swimming among minnows and the small
  echoing stars. In the night air
  ...
• 5. The Fear Of Burial
  In the empty field, in the morning,
  the body waits to be claimed.
  The spirit sits beside it, on a small rock--
  nothing comes to give it form again.
  ...
• 6. Odysseus' Decision
  The great man turns his back on the island.
  Now he will not die in paradise
  nor hear again
  the lutes of paradise among the olive trees,
  ...
• 7. Retreating Wind
  When I made you, I loved you.
  Now I pity you.
  
  I gave you all you needed:
  ...
• 8. A Fantasy
  I'll tell you something: every day
  people are dying. And that's just the beginning.
  Every day, in funeral homes, new widows are born,
  new orphans. They sit with their hands folded,
  ...
• 9. Saints
  In our family, there were two saints,
  my aunt and my grandmother.
  But their lives were different.
  
  ...

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