Why? (Strand)

Why did I believe you would come out of nowhere? Why with all
that the world offers would you come only because I was here?

Mark Strand, from "Black Sea"

At the end (Strand)

And if it happens that you cannot
go on or turn back
and you find yourself
where you will be at the end,
tell yourself
in that final flowing of cold through your limbs
that you love what you are.

Mark Strand, from "Lines for Winter"

11 poems

I have posted the last poems written in 2010.

Random wonderful online quote of the day

It's not about taking over the world, it's about keeping the world from taking over you.

Quick 2010 Summation

Books Read:  109
Poems Written:  169

2010 was productive—both of these numbers easily exceed the previous annual records (note:  book data only goes back to 1986).