Charles Simic Poem

The new poet laureate of the U.S. is Charles Simic. This poem is from the Garrison Keillor Good Poems book.

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• dances
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[dnggitg]

I believe this is one of his bricolage or collage poems. He wrote it the way Joseph Cornell would create one of his boxes. He describes a collage-like aleatory method he uses in an essay called "The Little Venus of the Eskimos." A great way to write poems.

[ianwadesdad]

One of my favorite Simic poems. My others are "Fork" and "Country Fair."

--Brandon

[swampzoid]

i never read that simic poem but i have read many of his.

thanks for sharing it. i enjoyed it.

[dyskaryote]

i like his use of ordinary speech. the poem is readily felt and understood.

[ipabs]

I didn't know him. Nice indeed. Thanks.

[EmCSpiteri]

Nice one.