bonne chance de lycée by Buck Downs

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some trust the tarot                    or the feel       of a new tattoo   or messages that seem                   to descend      to a higher form                all figures              all for show       once love one     love's master   as when overcoming           her resistance      the way she wanted   beautiful ambient light of the end of days               like a limb      I never had                   that still felt like it was missing              Copyright © 2014 by Buck Downs. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “I would call a lot of what’s going on in ‘bonne chance de lycée’ the alchemy of matched asymmetries—how the world syncs up, but not quite, or is broken but works anyway. Mostly I just chase down stuff that I think sounds cool, then paste it together in a way that I find visually realistic.” —Buck Downs   Buck Downs is a published poet who primarily distributes his poems on postcards through the United States Postal Service. "far memory" by Lucille Clifton "In a Landscape: IV" by John Gallaher "Thrown as if Fierce & Wild" by Dean Young Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. 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   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038