Three poems...

19 July 2016: Three back-to-back excellent poems on the "Poem of the Day" podcast. They delighted me on my walk today. Give them a listen.

"On Leaving the Bachelorette Brunch" by Rachel Wetzsteon

"Let Me Count the Waves" by Sandra Beasley

"The Dogs at Live Oak" by Alicia Ostriker

"The Blessing of the Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog"

by Alicia Ostriker

To be blessed

said the old woman

is to live and work

so hard

God’s love

washes right through you

like milk through a cow

To be blessed

said the dark red tulip

is to knock their eyes out

with the slug of lust

implied by

your up-ended skirt

To be blessed

said the dog

is to have a pinch

of God

inside you

and all the other

dogs can smell it

Via the Poetry Foundation. Ostriker has a series of poems with these three speakers. I like them quite a bit.