Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Dec 2023

Dad drinks Mama's wine,

thinking of the old days, when --

they drank together.

(Last stanza of the) poem "At the River" (2009, Louise Glück)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"

#loverelationship

Zywa Dec 2023

I do as I like,

Mum stays calm, I don't know if --

I even exist.

Poem "Telemachus' Guilt" (1996, Louise Glück)

Collection "Unseen"

#attention #beseen #mother #son

Zywa Dec 2023

The ecstatic heart-

brake in that opera song --

while we're having ***.

Poem "The Balcony" (2000, Louise Glück)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"

#loveisall #love

Zywa Dec 2023

When we say goodbye,

my waving hand trembles, but --

father doesn't notice.

Poem "Terminal Resemblance" (1990, Louise Glück)

Collection "Em Brace"

#parents #father #goodbye #discomfort

Zywa Dec 2023

They can be loving:

father talks to the dog and --

my son lures the cat.

Poem "Children Coming Home From School" - 2 (1990, Louise Glück)

Collection "Em Brace"

#communication #loving #family

Zywa Dec 2023

Upon your death, friends

unanimously agree --

on your character.

Poem "Lament" (1990, Louise Glück)

Collection "Over"

#identity #image #remembrance

Zywa Dec 2023

Love me, so leave me

alone, there is no place here --

but for me, you see.

Puberty
Poem "Animals" (1990, Louise Glück)

Collection "Wean Di"

#puberty #individuality