Hyacinth by Louise Glück
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Stars
by Louise Glück
I’m awake; I am in the world —
I expect
no further assurance.
No protection, no promise.
Solace of the night sky,
the hardly moving
face of the clock.
I’m alone — all
my riches surround me.
I have a bed, a room.
I have a bed, a vase
of flowers beside it.
And a nightlight, a book.
I’m awake; I am safe.
The darkness like a shield, the dreams
put off, maybe
vanished forever.
And the day —
the unsatisfying morning that says
I am your future,
here is your cargo of sorrow:
Do you reject me? Do you mean
to send me away because I am not
full, in your word,
because you see
the black shape already implicit?
I will never be banished. I am the light,
your personal anguish and humiliation.
Do you dare
send me away as though
you were waiting for something better?
There is no better.
Only (for a short space)
the night sky like
a quarantine that sets you
apart from your task.
Only (softly, fiercely)
the stars shining. Here,
in the room, the bedroom.
Saying I was brave, I resisted,
I set myself on fire.
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Don't listen to me; my heart's been broken. I don't see anything objectively. I know myself; l've learned to hear like a psychiatrist. When I speak passionately, that's when l'm least to be trusted. It's very sad, really: all my life, l've been praised for my intelligence, my powers of language, of insight. In the end, they're wasted. I never see myself.
- Louise Glück, from *The Untrustworthy Speaker."
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whatever was left, that was ours for a while.
sunrise - louise glück
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Sunrise, Louise Glück
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Louise Glück, from "Persephone the Wanderer", Averno
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Averno, Louise Glück
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October, Louise Glück
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Louise Glück, from Persephone The Wanderer in "Poems 1962-2012"
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louise glück was an tremendous poet in her own life and also taught, advised, and nurtured uncountable other poets. her picking richard siken’s crush for the yale younger poets prize is a well known fact, but she selected a number of other poets for publication during her tenure as the contest judge that i think are worth knowing.
peter streckfus, cuckoo (2003)
richard siken, crush (2004)
jay hopler, green squall (2005)
jessica fisher, frail-craft (2006)
fady joudah, the earth in the attic (2007)
arda collins, it is daylight (2008)
ken chen, juvenilia (2009)
katherine larson, radial symmetry (2010)
poetry is a community! read her—and also read the poets she wanted to promote.
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Louise Glück, from “Blue Rotunda.” [ID in alt text]
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snowdrops by Louise Glück
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Louise Glück in her garden. “friends, conversations, gardens. daily life. it's what we have”
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‘Nostos’ - Louise Glück
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rest well louise ♡︎ (louise glück, the wild iris)
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