He was just named Poet Laureate of the United States. He was just awarded the Wallace Stevens award.
And I never heard of him until today.
Pigeons at Dawn
by Charles Simic
Extraordinary efforts are being made
To hide things from us, my friend.
Some stay up into the wee hours
To search their souls.
Others undress each other in darkened rooms.
The creaky old elevator
Took us down to the icy cellar first
To show us a mop and a bucket
Before it deigned to ascend again
With a sigh of exasperation.
Go here for the rest of the poem.
For more fun, go here for the audio of another of his poems.
And finally, fresh off the www.poets.org presses: The Academy of American Poets will feature Mr. Simic in a free public reading in New York City's Bryant Park on August 21. He will also participate in the Academy's inaugural Poets Forum in October. For more information, please visit www.poets.org/poets.forum.
2 comments:
Here's mine:
http://misserinmarie.blogspot.com/2007/08/39-reasons-to-be-happy-today.html
Thanks, that was fun to do. :)
He's new to me, too. Thanks for the great entry today.
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