Poem-A-Day: Joyride by Ana Bozicevic

November 26, 2013 Joyride by Ana Bozicevic Skinny dirt road  In the middle of the ocean.  That led to the house of art.  I took it. The engine nearly  Drowned. I lied that it was fun  That I'd do it again. When I got to  That shore  The house was gone and when  I looked back, so was the path.  Now I'm old. Drown in my bed  A thousand miles inland.  For years I thought  I could  Art my way back. Cats sing  Of rose dawns. This country's a  Mirror image  Of the one I left, except  I've bad dreams. And  You're the only  Person who's not here.  Is it the same  For you.   Copyright © 2013 by Ana Bozicevic. Used with permission of the author.   About This Poem "This poem is a play-by-play of a dream. I stole the twist at the end from Bukowski (!). I think of 'Joyride' as pop art." --Ana Bozicevic Most Recent Book by Bozicevic   Rise in the Fall (Birds LLC, 2013)            Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day Archive.   Ana Bozicevic's most recent book of poems is Rise in the Fall (Birds LLC, 2013). Follow her new book project EPITAPH by texting the word EPITAPH to 555888. She lives in New York.   Related Poems A Book Said Dream and I Do by Barbara Ras Dream Song 1 by John Berryman Raven's Last Dream by Red Hawk    __________________________ Rae Armantrout is the judge for the 2014 Walt Whitman first book award. Submit your manuscript online. Deadline: December 1.     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.

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