42nd Virtual Poetry Circle
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Are you ready for the 42nd Virtual Poetry Circle this week? I hope you are because we’re continuing the celebration of National Poetry Month.
If you missed my earlier announcement (don’t worry, it’s a sticky post), you can check out the 2010 National Poetry Month Blog Tour details here.
Today, we’re going to visit with a contemporary poet.
From Bruce Weigl's Song of Napalm (page 47):
Breakdown
With sleep that is barely under the surface it begins, a twisting sleep as if a wire were inside you and tried at night to straighten your body. Or it's like a twitch through your nerves as you sleep so you tear the sheet from the bed to try to stop the pounding spine. A lousy, worthless sleep of strangers with guns, children trapped in the alley, the teenage soldiers glancing back over their soldiers the moment before they squeeze the trigger.
I am going to stay here as long as I can. I am going to sit in the garden as if nothing has happened and let the buried azaleas have their way. Remember, this is just for fun and is not meant to be stressful.
Keep in mind what Molly Peacock’s books suggested. Look at a line, a stanza, sentences, and images; describe what you like or don’t like; and offer an opinion. If you missed my review of her book, check it out here.
Let me know your thoughts, ideas, feelings, impressions. Let’s have a great discussion…pick a line, pick an image, pick a sentence.
I’ve you missed the other Virtual Poetry Circles, check them out here. It’s never too late to join the discussion.
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Please also stop by today’s National Poetry Month Blog Tour stop at the bookworm.