Sylvia Plath’s The Rival
If the moon smiled, she would resemble you.
You leave the same impression
Of something beautiful, but annihilating.
Month: October 2019
Dead Mother Tongues: “Politics of an Elegy” by Hieu Minh Nguyen (Poetry Rec)
If things happen
the way they are supposed to
my mother will die before me.
Poverty and Puberty: “Photograph of the Girl” by Sharon Olds (Poetry Rec)
She cannot be not beautiful, but she is
starving. Each day she grows thinner, and her bones
grow longer, porous.
“For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do?” and Other Burning Questions by Wendell Berry (Poetry Rec)
For the sake of goodness, how much
evil are you willing to do?
Fill in the following blanks
with the names of your favorite
evils and acts of hatred.
Wife’s Disaster Manual (Poetry Rec): Recovering Lot’s Wife from the Wreckage of Sodom
When the forsaken city starts to burn,
after the men and children have fled,
stand still, silent as prey, and slowly turn
pure acetylene 