book in the mailbox

it was better that no one was home
but i did not understand the 8x11 note
ripped from your legal lined pad

and when i saw you next
at the store

you asked me something i had not read.
not wanting to be wasteful
i pretended i knew

— whitetea, Feb 04, 2009

About the Author

Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Chrystos, Mark Strand, Adrienne Rich, Naomi Shihab Nye, Rachel M. Simon, Donald Justice, Mary Oliver, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Bukowski, Mary Lambert

Critiques

Stella

17 years 4 months ago

Whitetea, I can’t believe

Whitetea, I can't believe your poetry didn't catch my eye any sooner, I absolutely love it! Your style.... I've been reading some of your older writes as well...it's the type of poetry I really enjoy reading (sorry, am not very eloquent today ; ) This one, so concise yet so vivid in imagery. I look forward to reading more Whitetea. ~Stella

Frederick Kesner

17 years 3 months ago

Wow

I can only pretend I knew the beginning from the end as I arrived at the in between section of this unfolding. And thus the temptation to pretend. Wonderful. We sometimes pretend to hide our ignorance or to protect the other.

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