Poem-A-Day: Muffin of Sunsets by Elaine Equi

Muffin of Sunsets by Elaine Equi The sky is melting. Me too. Who hasn't seen it this way? Pink between the castlework  of buildings. Pensive syrup drizzled over clouds. It is almost catastrophic how heavenly. A million poets, at least, have stood in this very spot, groceries in hand, wondering: "Can I witness the Rapture and still make it home in time for dinner?"   Copyright © 2013 by Elaine Equi. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem "The title is from a line in a Joe Ceravolo poem. I like muffins and I like sunsets, so it seemed a good idea to combine the two. Lucky for me, since I live in New York, I'm especially fond of the city sunset--the kind whose beauty stops you when you're running someplace else and there are often a lot of others around jockeying for a piece of the view." --Elaine Equi Poetry by Equi Click and Clone (Coffee House Press, 2011)   Poem-A-Day was launched in 2006 and features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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.   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. May 24, 2013 Elaine Equi is the author of numerous books of poetry including, Click and Clone (Coffee House Press, 2011). She lives in New York City where she teaches at the New School. Related Poems Meditations in an Emergency by Frank O'Hara Poem by James Schuyler The Difference Between Pepsi and Coke by David Lehman

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