Dana Gioia Small Poems
- 1. Insomnia
Now you hear what the house has to say.
Pipes clanking, water running in the dark,
the mortgaged walls shifting in discomfort,
and voices mounting in an endless drone
... - 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. Guide To The Other Gallery
This is the hall of broken limbs
Where splintered marble athletes lie
Beside the arms of cherubim.
Nothing is ever thrown away.
... - 4. Thanks For Remembering Us
The flowers sent here by mistake,
signed with a name that no one knew,
are turning bad. What shall we do?
Our neighbor says they're not for her,
... - 5. Prayer
Echo of the clocktower, footstep
in the alleyway, sweep
of the wind sifting the leaves.
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