Dana Gioia Wall Poems
- 1. Do Not Expect
Do not expect that if your book falls open
to a certain page, that any phrase
you read will make a difference today,
or that the voices you might overhear
... - 2. The Lost Garden
If ever we see those gardens again,
The summer will be goneâ??at least our summer.
Some other mockingbird will concertize
Among the mulberries, and other vines
... - 3. Summer Storm
We stood on the rented patio
While the party went on inside.
You knew the groom from college.
I was a friend of the bride.
... - 4. Sunday Night In Santa Rosa
The carnival is over. The high tents,
the palaces of light, are folded flat
and trucked away. A three-time loser yanks
the Wheel of Fortune off the wall. Mice
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