Louise Gluck Tree 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. Nostos
  There was an apple tree in the yard --
  this would have been
  forty years ago -- behind,
  only meadows. Drifts
  ...
• 3. All Hallows
  Even now this landscape is assembling.
  The hills darken. The oxen
  Sleep in their blue yoke,
  The fields having been
  ...
• 4. Castile
  Orange blossoms blowing over Castile
  children begging for coins
  
  I met my love under an orange tree
  ...
• 5. Poem
  In the early evening, a now, as man is bending
  over his writing table.
  Slowly he lifts his head; a woman
  appears, carrying roses.
  ...
• 6. The Silver Lily
  The nights have grown cool again, like the nights
  Of early spring, and quiet again. Will
  Speech disturb you? We're
  Alone now; we have no reason for silence.
  ...
• 7. Parable Of The Dove
  A dove lived in a village.
  When it opened its mouth
  sweetness came out, sound
  like a silver light around
  ...
• 8. Retreating Wind
  When I made you, I loved you.
  Now I pity you.
  
  I gave you all you needed:
  ...
• 9. Parousia
  Love of my life, you
  Are lost and I am
  Young again.
  
  ...

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