Poem of the Day
1981
By Asiya Wadud
in a world the orange sun resets
in a world the orange sun resets
You were born already beautiful
Beautiful, an O fell from your mouth
Loneliness comes rushing toward me
Why does it move so fast
When I am moving toward it
because there is no reason for my sitting here laughing
I wonder if they’ve really caught the scent,
which is a poor memory in our Symbolist ears
Such a flow of language!
She is a neighbor too,
and I am getting there
My wife’s recipe for a fairy:
Put buttercup pollen
And a canary feather
After the sponge bath
Spice cake and coffee
In a sky blue china cup
Light spray over a daisy chain of days.
Many wives, brought on rocking boats,
Dissolve in one loved damsel.