a poem that seems particularly relevant

[novapsyche]

America, is that really you?
I can see you underneath the stair,
your gray overcoat spattered with rain.

Come in, get dry. I've started a fire.
I'll take your umbrella.


6/7/03
originally posted 1/1/04

Comments

[rikhei.livejournal.com]

I like this poem.

[blue-lightning.livejournal.com]

Love it. Only quibble is "underneath the stair", which upon reading I couldn't see as being better than "under the stairs". But damn, woman, your short poetry is lovely.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear. :)

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Well, thank you. :) For the longest time, all I could write were short poems. I'd try to write something longer and I'd encounter a block.

Underneath the stair differs mainly in rhythm from under the stairs (' - ' - ' as opposed to ' - - '). Also, I have a different connotation for stair than stairs--don't ask me to explain this; I don't know if I could.