Poem-A-Day: For N & K by Gina Myers

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For N & K  by Gina Myers   Otis on vinyl carries from the barn. Blessed is this day. The camera captures us youthful & triumphant. Blessed be this day, a celebration of friends coming together. Last night, surrounded by those I love, I had wanted to read Berrigan's "Words For Love," but I didn't want to say the heart breaks, even though I know it's true & the breaking can be a good thing sometimes, like the way my heart shatters a little each time I think of my friends & how lucky in life I've been to get to know them, to have had the time to laugh & drink & dance & to argue & feel hurt too. How can one possibly say everything that should be said? These feelings just feelings, not defined by words. To be overwhelmed, caught in a whirlwind & up to one's ankles in the creek as lightning bugs polka-dot the sky & Otis, again Otis, always Otis in my memory, provides the soundtrack. Not every day can be a good day but this is one of them, one of the best days.   Copyright © 2012 by Gina Myers. Used with permission of the author. Poetry by Myers A Model Year December 20, 2012 Gina Myers is the author of A Model Year (Coconut Books, 2009). She lives in Atlanta, GA.  Related Poems Record by Katrina Vandenberg For K. J., Leaving and Coming Back by Marilyn Hacker A Certain Slant of Sunlight by Ted Berrigan Poem-A-Day started as a National Poetry Month program in 2006, delivering daily poems from newly-published poetry titles.   Due to popular demand, Poem-A-Day became a year-round program in 2010, featuring original, never-before-published poems by contemporary poets on weekdays, and classic poems on weekends.   Browse the Poem-A-Day archive for selections since 2010.  Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem In Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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