Welcome to Readers and Poets

This is the poetry that comes into my life. Please feel free to comment on anything here. I don't think there is too much beauty in the world nor poetry. I will include some comments myself sometimes and some information on the poets, but the real stars is the work itself.



I am a believer in the reader-response theory of reading which means the reader is the one who puts the meaning in the poem so every interpretation is correct. Even if the poet means one thing, it could mean something else to the reader. I am pretty laid back in interpretation as each of us have other experiences and needs when reading.



I like using Zebrareader because it gives me tremendous freedom in what I want to write.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Geneva Lorrain


Don't Tell Me Too Much
BY GENEVA LORRAIN

Don't tell me that Spring is coming
or that things will change.
Show me the swelling on the bare limbs
of the pregnant trees.

My heart will not see it today
with the rain that is falling
on unsung blue violets
under the oak trees
nor the roses that have only
the thorns.

The old woman will walk alone
under skeletons waving in the winds,
gray and sullen stones will lie cold,
letters erased by age
and books will mold and become
unreadable.

There is a thin line on the horizon
and that is all I need.
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