Poem-A-Day: Autumn Poem 2012 by Hoa Nguyen

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Autumn Poem 2012 by Hoa Nguyen   Call capable       a lemony light & fragile Time like a ball and elastic so I can stop burning the pots         wondering yes      electric stove She is her   but I don't reme mber                        remember the ashes I obsess    She said I was obsessed with (not wanting to work with ashes)      Mandible dream     says the street & ash work              because the scorn and ions long there   I wor   I woke up in the overlooked dark             I work do that warp    twistingly wrap the dead Black and white like the long-dead     starved pet rodent eating the basement         curtains and peanut shells    I walk   I wal I walks down sometimes why the advi abide     the advice was not "Fair better" but "Fail better" Auto dish soap ½ and ½ Coffee beans Bake the golden things Rust colors Rust colors Copyright © 2013 by Hoa Nguyen. Used with permission of the author.   Poetry by Nguyen As Long As Trees Last Poem-A-Day launched in 2006 and features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day archive. February 5, 2013          Hoa Nguyen is the author of three books of poetry including, Hecate Lochia (Hot Whiskey Press, 2009), and most recently, As Long As Trees Last (Wave Books, 2012). She lives in Toronto, Ontario where she teaches poetics at Ryerson University and curates a reading series. Related Poems Autumn by Amy Lowell Autumn Movement by Carl Sandburg The Human Seasons by John Keats 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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