by Mary Crow
New Poets of America
Series
"The
poetry of Mary Crow is as we would expect of an artist deeply
troubled by her experiences. The writing is taut, lean with
the struggle to persevere and become its own true cause; and
by the grace and the power of her art, the poems in Borders
are kept from vanishing into the pain itself, thereby making
a voice and presence for herself that is the fulfillment of
her search for self. In short, she is the quintessential artist
who is made whole by the very processes of art. Let us welcome
Mary Crow to the company of poets."
- David Ignatow
Weight of the Day
Glare,
hot lights, relentless
groan
of traffic, legless beggar
whose
monotonous voice
pursues
me down the street:
Señorita,
por favor, señorita...
At
breast level, two machine guns:
black
eyes, deep and empty.
Everything
is so clean!
No
droppings, only a chirping
from
the top of a tree.
From
a distant street,
the
dry plucking of a siren
trills
our taut nerves.
©BOA
Editions, Ltd 1989
Available editions:
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Cloth
ISBN: 1-880238-70-1
Price: $16.00
Publishing Date: January 1989
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