“Soave Sia Il Vento” by Adrian Matejka

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend April 18, 2017   Soave Sia Il Vento   Adrian Matejka

after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   In the wobbly pirouette between song & dust, dog-nosed living room windows & a purple couch that should have been curbed last July: Saturday sunlight cuts it all every time you lean into some kind of ballet pose. Your belly & knobby elbow & leotarded knee wavering in a slim balance. Jeté, effacé— I don't know what they mean & nod anyway. You reach & spin & dog hair hangs in the air like the start of heartfelt applause.            Copyright © 2017 Adrian Matejka. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   "For about a year I've been trying and mostly failing in profound ways to write about my daughter. Her sense of wonder and openness defies what I know how to do in a poem right now. So I've been writing these ten-line, music-inspired lyrics in an effort to change my poetic perspective while still catching some of the smaller moments of her joy." —Adrian Matejka   Adrian Matejka is the author of Map to the Stars (Penguin Books, 2017). He teaches at Indiana University and lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Poetry by Matejka   Map to the Stars (Penguin Books, 2017) "Believing in Iron" by Yusef Komunyakaa "The Language of Love" by Rodney Jones "Let Everything Happen to You" by Natalie Eilbert Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. If you enjoy Poem-a-Day, please consider making a donation to help make it possible. 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