Sometimes I want to forget, to close my eyes and breathe, To go back to the bitter-sweet smell Of the ocean, To feel the soft, rhythmic waves hitting against my ankles, To listen to the resonant sound ...
When we were both young and unknown poets, Patricia Lockwood had a blog with the tagline “Poems Are Jokes.” For years, this phrase has come back to me, when I hear an especially poetic joke or read an ...