Poem of the Day
The People’s History of 1998
By Gbenga Adesina
The Yangtze River in China lost its nerve / and wanted vengeance.
The Yangtze River in China lost its nerve / and wanted vengeance.
as long as we’re together and here / we’re poetrying
sweetly going with death; away from / me; plastic bag extending into infinity
She helps her son detach the kneecap from the leg / and wash it in the stream.
News / has it that late in the month the sun had an outburst
play a little music on the rooftop / get a body good and wet
just go crazy, I say now to the flower
One dreams / with cats / when one / is outside oneself.
While I wrote, a butterfly, that critic, rode my wrist.
The doctor had said he could fix everything / Except the eyes.
I memorized / my whole life in order / to release it