"A Skull" by Dana Levin

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 1, 2019   A Skull   Dana Levin

is like a house             with a brain inside. Another place where eating             and thinking                          tango and spar—   At night              you lean out, releasing thought balloons.              On the roof                          someone stands ready                            with a pin—            Copyright © 2019 Dana Levin. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on May 1, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets. About This Poem   "A poem can sometimes feel like something hidden behind a door: the door opens and you are invited into something strange—maybe something confounding, disturbing—in some way that is felt, beyond intellect. The reader, the writer, tries to clothe the poem in interpretation, but such poems will not completely surrender to analysis, will prefer, always, to be naked and beyond. This is part of the intimacy of poetry, part of its stubbornness, part of its genius." —Dana Levin   Dana Levin's most recent book is Banana Palace (Copper Canyon Press, 2016). She serves as Maryville University's Distinguished Writer in Residence and lives in Saint Louis, Missouri. Photo Credit: Jerry Naunheim Poetry by Levin   Banana Palace (Copper Canyon Press, 2016) "Tiger Shark" by Hailey Leithauser "I Am Nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson "Starlings" by Maggie Smith May Guest Editor: Victoria Chang   Thanks to Victoria Chang, author of Barbie Chang (Copper Canyon Press, 2017), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A with Chang about her curatorial approach this month and find out more about our guest editors for the year. 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