Denise Levertov: The Ache of Marriage
two by two in the ark of
the ache of it
Gary Margolis: Ending the War
one morning
in August, she can walk
away from her fury
of pines, and catch
her breath
Sandra McPherson: Going to See Dr. Jones Out of Loneliness, 1966
You have to get ready
for a more complicated life.
You have to tell him the simple things
don’t know how to put their round heads together.
John Samuel Tieman: Marriage
that moment when you know
you did this one thing right
Andrea Hollander: Room to Room
And then I began to muse, the way all of us do who have been let down, betrayed, left to wander room to room, taking a stack of dishtowels from … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Waiting for the Marriage Counselor
The skeletal bride and groom in the little glass box. The sugar skulls. Let us love one another and not wake the graveyard with our bickering. How we make war … Continue reading