{"id":11415,"date":"2016-06-16T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=11415"},"modified":"2016-09-07T10:23:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T15:23:10","slug":"on-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=11415","title":{"rendered":"On Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Best American Poetry, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve not considered myself a reader or fan of poetry, but my sweet friend Emily (who is a creative writing teacher and poet, in addition to being an amazingly patient mother and a thoughtful, kind friend who has a knack for good listening and even better perspective taking — yes, she is awesome) is going to change all that. She gave me this book awhile back, and I’ve taken my time to read a poem every now and then before I go to bed. It’s different from reading novels or memoirs or pop science. I find that reading poetry is a slow sort of thing, and reading one or two poems at a time is the best way for me to really enjoy and think about each poem.<\/p>\n

And since Father’s Day is fast approaching, I wanted to share one of my favorites from this collection. Let me know what you think!<\/p>\n

My Husband<\/strong>, by Rebecca Hazelton<\/em><\/p>\n

My husband in the house.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0My husband on the lawn,
\npushing the mower, 4th of July, the way
\nmy husband’s sweat wends like Crown Royale
\nto the waistband
\nof his shorts,
\nthe slow motion shake of the head the water
\nrunning down his chest,
\nall of this lit like a Poison video:
\nCherry Pie his cutoffs his blond hair his air guitar crescendo.
\nMy husband at the PTA meeting.
\nMy husband warming milk
\nat 3 a.m. while I sleep.
\nMy husband washing the white Corvette the bare chest and the soap,
\nthe objectification of my husband
\nby the pram pushers
\nand mailman.
\nMy husband at Home Depot asking
\nwhere\u00a0the bolts are,
\nthe nuts, the screws,
\nmy god, it’s filthy
\nmy husband reading from the news,
\nmy husband cooking French toast, Belgian waffles,
\nmy husband for all
\nnationalities.
\nMy husband with a scotch, my husband
\nwith his shoes off,
\nhis slippers on, my husband’s golden
\nleg hairs in the glow of a reading lamp.
\nMy husband bearded, my husband shaved, the way my husband
\ntaps out the razor, the small hairs
\nin the sink,
\nmy husband with tweezers
\nto my foot,
\nto the splinter I carried
\nfor years,
\nmy husband chiding me
\nfor waiting
\nto remove what pained me,
\nmy husband brandishing aloft
\nthe sliver to the light, and laughing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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