Good sweet kind
generous funny surprising
year of Democrats
and love.
Gideon 54, Collins 42 Maine (COVID)
One more day until Jewish new year
chance we all deserve everyone
to begin again. We were all
innocent of pandemics at the start of 2020,
drank champagne and then a few months later, watched
each other breathing. When we admitted
at last the horrors of our histories then marched together
wearing masks and discussing how to make change happen
when we, so many of us committed to ending this terrible time
of Republicans and misunderstandings, when we hold onto the
words of Bob Woodward, read poll after poll, and understand
that every single new year, no matter what the circumstances, every
single new year is about hope.
Conversations (COVID)
The family directly across the street
doesn’t talk to us. Or anyone else much either.
They only say hello. This happened before
the last election actually happened when they
moved in from Texas they were an internet match
that much they said as well as some minimal
conversation about temperatures but yesterday
when I attempted once again it’s hard for me to give up
the idea that there has to be a Good Subject has to be
a way to talk yesterday when I said to the man of the house
that he’d done a nice job painting he painted his
house himself he said I don’t think so and that was that.
Rosh Hashanah a few more days (COVID)
PREPOEM:
Dear Friends: Matthew Septimus and I made our millionth (23?) New Year’s card. I will send you an actual card if you email me your address.
POEM
Haven’t yet written new Days of Awe poems I am
even now in September not warm any more not summer
either I am even now although the word COVID is spoken
every single day I am even now optimistic that we will all
have days of awe and tomatoes and my grandmother’s kugel
or yours and we will after this after these long impossible months
we will take off our masks and hug one another again.
Horton Foote Podcast (COVID)
http://www.hortonbythestream.org/?fbclid=IwAR00WEjzH2vQ7VP5Sg8vEJf1-YhL3S5Fg-Vra7fbyYt2BljEfoEVH0twaBA
Dear Friends, One of my favorite favorite writers is Horton Foote. I’ve seen Trip to Bountiful MANY TIMES. Near us in the country is a theater, run by Janet and Frank Giradeu and their many actor friends called Horton by the Stream and going to the plays every summer is one of the best things about the summer. Horton Foote can tell a story, really tell it. No theater this year as we know. So they made a wonderful podcast. It’s an hour long. And I get to read some poems.
Today is Sunday (COVID)
Today is Sunday
Maybe I will take a day off
From writing a poem.