"from 'Periscope'" by Susan Howe

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend July 7, 2017   from "Periscope"   Susan Howe

If you remember cosmology   there is nothing to stop time   running all the way to zero     Lying up or even lying down   I will just wiggle my hand to   remind you I was timorous              Copyright © 2017 Susan Howe. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   "The title 'Periscope' is a nod to Paul Thek's oil on canvas with artist's frame and picture light. The 'Foreword' of my new book Debths includes an entry from one of his notebooks: 'Secret Paintings / the object of which is not / to be seen // He made a secret out / of what no one / wanted anyway.'" —Susan Howe   Susan Howe is the author of Debths (New Directions, 2017). She lives in Guilford, Connecticut.   Photo credit: Brian Palmer   Poetry by Howe   Debths (New Directions, 2017) "Thunderstorm Stack" by Anne Carson "High Tide at Race Point" by Charles Bernstein "Springing" by Marie Ponsot Help Support Poem-a-Day   If you value Poem-a-Day, please consider a monthly donation or one-time gift to help make it possible. Poem-a-Day is the only digital series publishing new, previously unpublished work by today's poets each weekday morning. The free series, which also features a curated selection of classic poems on weekends, reaches 450,000+ readers daily. Thank you! 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