Speaking Is by Cara Benson

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend September 9, 2014   Speaking Is   Cara Benson

A trapezoid. Piano keys fill soup bowls. The moon wreaks havoc on the dandy in a field of proclamations. A chamber pot. Walk-in closet rife with used jackhammers. I find a helmet by the washer-dryer for my free free-speech call. The power dips during dinner, sends every clock protesting. I am reminded I do not declare enough. Not customs—accounting.            Copyright © 2014 by Cara Benson. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “I wrote this poem while thinking about, yes, the age old conundrum that is language. But also, how there is much more power to speaking up than I’m always comfortable being responsible for.” —Cara Benson   Cara Benson is the author of (made) (BookThug, 2010). She teaches in the low-residency creative writing program at Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona, and lives in upstate New York. Most Recent Book by Benson   (made) (BookThug, 2010) "Separation is the necessary condition for light." by Brian Teare "Grasshopper" by Ron Padgett "The Book of a Thousand Eyes" by Lyn Hejinian Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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