Poems by Erin Belieu
Against Writing about Children
... our own. They reflectthe virused figures in which failure ...
All Distance
... in its straying, knew it in the coolcondensation steaming the station wagon windows, ...
For Catherine: Juana, Infanta of Navarre
... almost everything's forgotten in time,and if I tell her story, ...
Georgic on Memory
... and erosion; still, an appealing view,to draft our lives, a series of vignettes ...
Legend of the Albino Farm
... It will seem that the moon, plumpabove their shoulders, is constant, ...
Rondeau at the Train Stop
... it bothers me because it's summer now and sticky - no rain ...
The Hideous Chair
... on the corner where the 57 bus comes by,for their gratifying, cool appraisal ...
From On Being Fired Again
... slaving on the chain gang of obsessive loveand always the same hard candy ...
In Ecstasy
... for her tang to swell up, ripe ...
I Heart Your Dog’s Head
... of cruel, successful men, those with the slitty eyes of ancient reptiles, ...
Of the Poet’s Youth
... Ah, Sandy, you were clearly the deluxe doll, modish and pert ...
