The Poetry Show: Poems of Gratitude

 

 

Enlighten Radio Presents

The Poetry of The Difficult Moment, Pt 2 -- Thanksgiving on the road to heaven, or hell?

 

 

Janet explores poems of gratitude. Classics from Pablo Neruda, E. E. Cummings, and Mary Oliver. Jane Hirshfield and Dana Gioia join in.

Wednesdays, 10 AM

Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case

This Episode Recorded Nov. 20, 2024

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Thanks for Remembering Us

by Dana Gioia

The flowers sent here by mistake,
signed with a name that no one knew,
are turning bad. What shall we do?
Our neighbor says they're not for her,
and no one has a birthday near.
We should thank someone for the blunder.
Is one of us having an affair?
At first we laugh, and then we wonder.
The iris was the first to die,
enshrouded in its sickly-sweet
and lingering perfume. The roses
fell one petal at a time,
and now the ferns are turning dry.
The room smells like a funeral,
but there they sit, too much at home,
accusing us of some small crime,
like love forgotten, and we can't
throw out a gift we've never owned.

 

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