In the 50+ years of reading and writing poetry, this is the most moving invocation to the muse I have found:
ON VACATION
The muse seems to be
on vacation and I was
going to write a poem
about my car-wreck of
a life, of the sadness
and beauty I’ve known,
like hearing the very
first cries of my
daughter and drinking
with my father on his
44th birthday and his
dying just hours after
we had parted or
over-coming an addiction
or when my life-long
woman and I first
awoke as friends and
lovers: but the muse
seems to be on vacation,
I’ll dig in, sing songs,
dance, drink, smoke, pray,
hope, whatever it takes
to lure her back from
having a good time
elsewhere.
UnCollected Press has published John D. Robinson’s full-length book of poetry, “Hang In There”, this year. It is likely to leave you trembling, deeply moved and paralyzed, angry but softened. The range of responses is very broad. The poems are open and uncompromising, red with brutal reality and red with compassion. Click below to purchase.
We are also announcing our intention to publish John’s second full length book of poetry in January 2020.
Red Dance, by John D. Robinson (January 2020)
Hang In There
John D. Robinson Full Length Book of Poetry
$15.00
