Louise Gluck Summer Poems

• 1. 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
  ...
• 2. Summer
  Remember the days of our first happiness,
  how strong we were, how dazed by passion,
  lying all day, then all night in the narrow bed,
  sleeping there, eating there too: it was summer,
  ...
• 3. The Gold Lily
  As I perceive
  I am dying now and know
  I will not speak again, will not
  survive the earth, be summoned
  ...
• 4. The White Lilies
  As a man and woman make
  a garden between them like
  a bed of stars, here
  they linger in the summer evening
  ...
• 5. Matins
  You want to know how I spend my time?
  I walk the front lawn, pretending
  to be weeding. You ought to know
  I'm never weeding, on my knees, pulling
  ...
• 6. Midnight
  Speak to me, aching heart: what
  Ridiculous errand are you inventing for yourself
  Weeping in the dark garage
  With your sack of garbage: it is not your job
  ...
• 7. Vespers
  In your extended absence, you permit me
  use of earth, anticipating
  some return on investment. I must report
  failure in my assignment, principally
  ...
• 8. Widows
  My mother's playing cards with my aunt,
  Spite and Malice, the family pastime, the game
  my grandmother taught all her daughters.
  
  ...

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