The Hatred of Poetry - Sandra Anfang

[Larry Robinson]

The Hatred of Poetry

I read it in the Times
so you know it’s true:

a poet writes a book of poems
about why the masses hate poetry.

I ponder hatred;
surely it’s too strong a word

for the random tickle,
the mind’s unravel

something we ought to welcome
when analysis of the latest 

police shooting glazes our ears.
Fear not—gentle reader

think of it as the latest staycation
an interlude of dreaming

at the kitchen table
mind in the stars

while cats trace figure eights
between a plate of crusts

and the cup of cold coffee
separating you

from all you think
you need to do today.

	- Sandra Anfang



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