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Friday, December 6, 2013

Poem-A-Day: In Vino Veritas by Howard Altmann

December 6, 2013
In Vino Veritas
by Howard Altmann


And I gave myself to the poem. 
And the poem gave to me. 
And I gave myself to the sky. 
And the sky gave to me.
And I gave myself to the wind. 
And the wind took what I gave 
and passed it to the sky. 
 
And I gave myself to women. 
And women gave to me. 
And I gave myself to the wound. 
And the wound gave to me. 
And I gave myself to hope. 
And hope took what I gave 
and passed it to the wound. 
 
And I gave myself to wine. 
And wine gave to me. 
And I gave myself to candlelight. 
And candlelight gave to me. 
And I gave myself to memory. 
And memory took what I gave 
and passed it to candlelight. 
 
And I gave myself to music. 
And music gave to me. 
And I gave myself to the tree. 
And the tree gave to me. 
And I gave myself to change. 
And change took what I gave 
and passed it to the tree. 
 
And I gave myself to silence. 
And silence gave to me. 
And I gave myself to light. 
And light gave to me. 
And I gave myself to night. 
And night took what I gave 
and passed it to the stars. 
 

 

Copyright © 2013 by Howard Altmann. Used with permission of the author.

About This Poem
"A glass or two sometimes has a way of distilling things that, unadorned by the windings of a day, can send into orbit what might otherwise be left on the vine."

--Howard Altmann
Most Recent Book by Altmann




In This House
(Turtle Point Press, 2010)

 

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Howard Altmann is the author of two books of poems, including In This House (Turtle Point Press, 2010). He lives in New York City. 

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