Poems by Louise Gluck
Odysseus' Decision
... nor hear again the lutes of paradise among the olive trees, ...
First Memory
... for what I was: from the beginning of time, ...
Confession
... I'm afraid of sickness, humiliation ...
Love Poem
... when all those years she stored her widowed heart ...
Summer
... far from our natures, toward a place where we'd discover nothing ...
Saints
... each time the sea retreats, someone she loves is taken away ...
Lullaby
... my sister was a cloud of atoms, of particles--that's the difference ...
The Red Poppy
... if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters, ...
Snow
... He holds me on his shoulders in the bitter wind: ...
The Butterfly
... You don't wish on butterflies ...
The Wild Iris
... I remember.Overhead, noises, branches of the pine shifting ...
A Fantasy
... Every day, in funeral homes, new widows are born, ...
The Wish
... I wished for what I always wish for ...
Horse
... you cry out As brides cry, but when I look at you I see ...
Happiness
... A man and a woman lie on a white bed ...
