Poem-A-Day: A = A by Andrew Joron

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A = A by Andrew Joron Mine to ask a mask to say, A is not A. No one, ever the contrarian, to answer. The moon is both divided & multiplied         by water: as chance, as the plural of chant. O diver, to be sea-surrounded by a thought bled       white---         a blankness as likely as blackness. What is the word for getting words & forgetting? Might night right sight? I, too late to relate         I & I, trap light in sound & sing no thing that breath can bring. Copyright © 2013 by Andrew Joron. Used with permission of the author. Poetry by Joron Trance Archive Guest Editor Arthur Sze was elected Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2012. He is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts and the first poet laureate of Santa Fe. Find out more about the Academy's Board of Chancellors>  January 8, 2013 Andrew Joron is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including, The Sound Mirror (Flood Editions, 2009). He lives in Berkeley, CA. Related Poems Alphabet of Mother Language by Anne Waldman The Poem as Mask by Muriel Rukeyser Luck is not chance by Emily Dickinson 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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