A n n e   W a l d m a n :   K e e p i n g   T h e   W o r l d   S a f e   F o r   P o e t r y

N a p a l m   H e a l t h   S p a :   R e p o r t   2 0 1 5 :   S p e c i a l   E d i t i o n

 

 

ETHELYN FRIEND

 

 

1985: (from Some Of The Story, Adventures In Poetry)

 

THE MOON SPEAKS ABOUT HER LOVER

 

Because you live inside me still

I can't believe that I'm alive

When you begin to shine I fade

A sliver of a darker phase

And all those warm nights I reflected

Light I thought would last forever

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015:

 

THE EARTH MOVES

 

Dream Anne: The earth moves?!?!  Why didn't you tell me??

 

 

 

It moves me and the young sir I love   who is Delivered to me

by the dream Anne on a couch         opening a present from Ed

which is the playbill    for a performance which will be

a reading     

a book party                   

and a Wedding                         

now Anne and Ed

take turns listing ways to make poetry a breath       a way of  breathing

a secret practice       whereby the mention of the beloved's name

reverses the lungs and flowers them      in exquisite color       

and sometimes sound