Mr. Darcy by Victoria Chang

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend August 18, 2014   Mr. Darcy   Victoria Chang

Then we are in the back seat of a car kissing              not the light kind but one where our      hands are on each other’s cheeks holding                      each other’s heads as if they will fall   off why does so much love come at the beginning              then disappear then once again at the moment       before death why can’t the same kind exist                     in between in the breaths in the   afternoon in the sitting room in a place of costumes               little girls dress like princesses one pink one       blue one yellow they wear plastic heels because                     they still think they will never fall              Copyright © 2014 by Victoria Chang. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “I’ve always been intrigued with the male characters in novels like Pride and Prejudice, such as Mr. Darcy. This poem is part of a series of poems that explore desire and obsessions. The poems have been sitting in a drawer for a few years so I decided to dust them off and work on them again since I have not written a new poem in over three years. I’m not sure anything will become of the series, but at least it gives me something to work on in a period where I feel very uncreative.” —Victoria Chang   Victoria Chang is the author of The Boss (McSweeney's Poetry Series, 2013).  She works in marketing and communications and lives in Orange County, California. Most Recent Book by Chang   The Boss (McSweeney's Poetry Series, 2013) "Tackle Football" by Dan Chiasson "Acts of Mind" by Catherine Barnett "The Forecast" by Michael Dumanis Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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