real poem (personal statement) by Rachel Zucker

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I skim sadness like fat off the surface of cooling soup. Don't care about metaphor but wish it would arrive me.  There’s a cool current of air this hot day I want to ride. I have no lover, not even my love. I have no other, not even I.              Copyright @ 2014 by Rachel Zucker. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “‘real poem (personal statement)’ is part of a series that is interspersed throughout my new book The Pedestrians and investigates, often in light-hearted ways, poetry and poetics, especially simile, metaphor, voice, description, literalism, and confessionalism.” —Rachel Zucker   Rachel Zucker is the author of The Pedestrians (Wave Books, 2014). She teaches at New York University and lives in New York City. Most Recent Book by Zucker   The Pedestrians (Wave Books, 2014) “Dream In Which I Meet Myself” by Lynn Emanuel “On Anti-Biography” by Will Alexander “Woman in Front of Poster of Herself” by Alice Notley Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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