Micah BallardRecensioni
Autore di Waifs and Strays (City Lights Spotlight)
Recensioni
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Fine. If you appreciate that quote, you'll probably get more out of this book than I did. I found these poems to be almost completely inscrutable and thoroughly confusing, and I apparently bought it without reading several poems beforehand, as I usually do. "First Lesson in Arabic" is a typical example:
First Lesson in Arabic
It was hard to see he was an ordinary man
that I was an ambassador
& there was no one you could trust besides the merchandise.
Some said he carved them forever
& even if I tried to forget the fragrance
would always bring me back.
There were alabaster jars, they had things written on them
painted figures, all of which were crossing a bridge
no one dared to drink from them, this I knew
his own kind wouldn't even whisper the secret of distillation.
It was said never to be recorded
not even through symbols, this I knew too
just past the first pull
If anyone understands this poem and wants this book, please send me a PM, and it's yours.