Lie by Rae Armantrout

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 27, 2014   Lie   Rae Armantrout

1 I lay down the acidification of the ocean with a sly smile. Unstoppable beats fiery impact every time. * But the sweet yellow shoulders of the road— the up and up into same blossom. I'd like to hold these in reserve. 2 “Protect your identity” says Mileage.com three times today as if it knew something. I may want to fly cheap, cruise in luxury, buy a walk-in-tub and burial insurance. * I may want to lie still and think about my choices.              Copyright @ 2014 by Rae Armantrout. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “Like most of my poems, ‘Lie’ has several sources: I read a very troubling book called The Sixth Extinction. I took note of the way people, including me, enjoy talking knowledgeably about how the world will end. I drove to Tucson and saw the desert flowering on either side of the road. And I glanced at my spam to see what people wanted to sell me these days.” —Rae Armantrout   Rae Armantrout is the author of Just Saying (Wesleyan University Press, 2013). She teaches at the University of California, San Diego, where she also lives. Most Recent Book by Armantrout   Just Saying (Wesleyan University Press, 2013) “The Eternal City” by Jim Simmerman “RPT MC-60 00.27 8” by Tan Lin “Buddhist Barbie” by Denise Duhamel Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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