Sharon Olds
June 21, 2009
- Summer Solstice, New York City By the end of the longest day of the year he could not stand it, he went up the iron stairs through the roof of the building and over the soft, tarry surface to the edge, put one leg over the complex green tin cornice and said if they came a step closer that was it. Then the huge machinery of the earth began to work for his life, the cops came in their ...
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May 25, 2009
- On May 25, 1979 Etan Patz got to walk to school all by himself. However, he never got to school and was declared dead in 2001. He would've been 36 today.The Missing Boy(for Etan Patz)Every time we take the busmy son sees the picture of the missing boy.He looks at it like a mirror - the darkblond hair, the pale skin,the blue eyes, the electric-blue sneakers withslashes of jagged gold. But of ...
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October 26, 2008
- for Jennifer Hudson One Secret ThingOne secret thing happenedat the end of my mother’s life, when I wasalone with her. I knew it should happen—I knew someone was there, in there,something less unlike my mother thananything else on earth. And the jarwas there on the table, the space around itpulled back from it, like the awestruck handmadeair around the crèche, and her openmouth was ...
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June 20, 2008
- Once again, say it with me:It's too darn hot!So here's another Sharon Olds poem to celebrate the first day of summer. I'm also including some of my fave summer songs in the videos section.And a totally unrelated note: Congrats, Ms. Jamie Lynn Spears on your Gem baby. Summer Solstice, New York City By the end of the longest day of the year he could not stand it, he went up the iron stairs through ...
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June 14, 2008
- Because of computer problems and Father's Day, I'll be off-line. Stay classy, red room, and I'm sharing one of my favorite poems.The RaceWhen I got to the airport I rushed up to the desk,bought a ticket, ten minutes laterthey told me the flight was cancelled, the doctorshad said my father would not live through the nightand the flight was cancelled. A young manwith a dark brown moustache told ...
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