Almost Summer's End
the sun shears through metallic blue sky-
under my palm my little son's head
toddles side to side.
and I've been in a house exploding
for years
it's one day till the equinox.
on the path by the duck pond
a few geese straggle
toward the muddy ripples.
once, i thought i could leave home
as easily as a car turns
into a wreck
and I've been in a house exploding
for years
leaves already rust as the gusts dampen,
hiss more relentless.
i kneel to peer in his little face
babbling "de bee de bee de bee debooo."
I never understood before
(no, I just forgot)
how love is, or can be, so pure.
four white ducks quacking crankily
paddle toward us to beg,
waddle ashore in solemn hope,
see our empty hands,
then quack crankily away.
I don't want my son to endure
anything like my life was
but I've been in the midst of a house exploding
for years
Published by Jeffrey Lee
Author of the poetry books *invisible sister* and *identity papers* (A Colorado Book Award finalist). Writer included in *Best Creative Nonfiction* (Norton, 2009). Senior poetry editor of Many Mountains Movi... View profile
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Hi Everyone,
I appreciate your kind words. I don’t get to visit here much due to many, many jobs etc., but I wanted to say your responses are heartening. If you want to see more, there are many poems (text, audio etc.) at http://mmmpress.org/ i.e. my first book’s press, Many Mountains Moving Press. The story behind *invisible sister* is not too funny: it came out in 2004, but the publisher got so ill she had to resign. Then the staff followed. The press, the journal and my book were all going to die. So a few friends and I saved MMM, Inc., a 501(c)(3). So it still lives; the last book did phenomenally well, i.e. Rebecca Foust’s *All That Gorgeous Pitiless Song.* But I’ve felt my first book never got a good launch despite great reviews etc. due to the situation. I think there are a lot of better poems in the first book. And the second book, identity papers, a finalist for the Colorado Book Award in 2006, had many ardent fans. Many thanks, Jeffrey Lee
These lines capture the crux for me:
"I never understood before
(no, I just forgot)
how love is, or can be, so pure."
Thanks for sharing.
Great juxtaposition of the outer peacefulness of scenery against the inner turmoil.
I like this. There are a few things in it that I find clumsy. Maybe dissonant is a better fit than clumsy. There are some sound combinations that distract me (possibly only me). I think it is a great poem that resonates in the kindred spirit. There are those who will instantly be familiar (in their own way, that is how good poetry works) with the condition setup. 'living in a house exploding' is a great line and a vast metaphor that only the most gravely challenged literalist could miss. Such a person can be ID'd by asking this type of question:
In C.S. Lewis' 'The Tales of Narnia' the character 'Aslan' is a metaphor that represents what?
The person I speak of will answer 'the . . . lion? Right?
It would be wrong to kill this person but I beseech you . . . do not allow it access to your gene-pool.
Good writing, friend
and I am out,
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Very cleverly composed. Thanks for sharing.
Very touching poem and thank you for sharing.
Take care
Eiddwen.
Very nice, thank you!
Almost Summer's End
nice poem, seemingly simple but a deep write.
best wishes
Alex
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nice job on this....Laura Everly