“Things Said To Be Ineffable" by Mark Yakich

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend April 28, 2017   Things Said To Be Ineffable   Mark Yakich

A book decorates A nightstand   And a body Decorates a bed.   The nightstand May be made   Of plastic, metal, Or wood,   And is normally The same   Height as the bed. Even if they are   Very married, Lovers tarry   And aver And aver and   Tarry. Finally One of them   Rises To search   The dictionary For a word   The other has Made up.            Copyright © 2017 Mark Yakich. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   "The word that one of the lovers has made up might be effable, which really isn't made up at all—it's just gone out of use. Effable sounds like an imprecation, a word that stems from precari, meaning 'to pray.' One likes to think that lovers enjoy a lot of praying, not with their words but with their bodies." —Mark Yakich   Mark Yakich is the author of The Dangerous Book of Poetry for Planes (Eyewear Publishing, 2017). He teaches at Loyola University and lives in New Orleans. Poetry by Yakich   The Dangerous Book of Poetry for Planes (Eyewear Publishing, 2017) "Resolution" by Lia Purpura "A Book of Music" by Jack Spicer "Proportion" by Ben Doller Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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