PHOTO POEMS
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Matrimony
(Matrimony-Advertiser would like to hear from well-
educated Protestant lady, under thirty, fair, with view to
above, who would have no objection to work Remington type-
writer, at home. Enclose photo. T. 99. This Office. Cork
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Andrew Lang
Narcissus, Photographer
"...a frozen memory, like any photo,
where nothing is missing, not even,
and especially, nothingness..."
-- Julio Cortázar, "Blow Up"
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Erica Jong
The Testing Of The Sirens
The night, dark-cloaked like a procuress, brought
him to me, willing, light as a shadow,
speaking words of love
in some tender language I do not know ...
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Kamala Das
I Have Become Very Hairy
I have become very hairy all over my body.
I'm afraid they'll start hunting me because of my fur.
My multicolored shirt has no meaning of love --
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Yehuda Amichai
The Dome Of Sunday
With focus sharp as Flemish-painted face
In film of varnish brightly fixed
And through a polished hand-lens deeply seen,
Sunday at noon through hyaline thin air
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Karl Shapiro
June
The blue forest, chilled and blue, like the lips of the dead
if the lips were gone. The year has been cut in half
with dull scissors, the solstice still looking for its square
on the calendar. Perhaps the scissors were really
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Denise Duhamel
Photo/picture
A photo is something
that speaks a thousand words,
and talks the thought a mouth can't say.
A photo is a reflection
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Joie Gonayon
My Love
Memory still fresh
Holding beautiful memories
I remember how it all started
Like it was just yesterday
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Preskila Ondiek
Antessa And I
Inspired by a photograph
Antessa and I are standing near the rock.
We are posing for the photographer.
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Marlon Pitter
Out Of Play
Picking sides, I’d go by you
Beautiful pictures, in my head u drew
Memorable times, my mind you blew
Out late nights, till we catch the flu
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Chevon Jacquees
The Flower
I take a bath three times a day,
If need be so four times I will.
Wear the best tuxedo that ever has been;
But she prefers the flower still.
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Khayelihle Bongiswa Gamedze
My Universities
I learned not only from those
who brightly beam out of golden frames,
but from everyone whose ID photo
didn't come out quite right.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko