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44 Poems for You
Sarah Ruhl
Playwright and essayist Sarah Ruhl began by writing poems. The two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist returns to poetry with her playful, warm debut collection, 44 Poems for You. As the title promises, these are poems of direct address. Including the reader in the concept of “you”—you the beloved, spouse, friend, you wherever you might be—Ruhl answers our collective longing for direct connection in an era of digital anonymity. With great affection for language and the nuances of human relationships, 44 Poems for You delivers poetic musings with characteristic emotional intelligence: witty, generous, loving, and tinged with longing.
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I intend to give you many bowls
1.
I intend to give you many bowls.
For apples and loose change.
What would suit you
better than a bowl.
Round with primacy,
place for holding.
You are not round
like a woman
but you have more
roundness than most men.
2.
In Korea,
every day a woman
prays for her son to come
home.
Her prayer:
Every day she puts clear water
in a bowl.
She placed it in the garden.
3.
I will deposit light when you’re absent.
Figs. Water. Unchurched compounds.
Tithes and dithyrambs. Light.
4.
A bowl.
Where a mother
keeps a son for safe-keeping.
A bowl.
Fugue on the
pre-eminence of corners.
A bowl.
Cornerstone
of repeated silence.
A bowl.
Something to eat
and light is changing.
A bowl.
Where I keep
my body when my head is raining.
A bowl.
Two cupped hands
made of clay.
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