Poetry – LOUISE GLÜCK

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Poetry – LOUISE GLÜCK

ARARAT (1990)

confession
a precedent
lost love
mount ararat
paradise
mirror image
first memory


first memory

Long ago, I was wounded. I lived
to revenge myself
against my father, not
for what he was—
for what I was: from the beginning of time,
in childhood, I thought
that pain meant
I was not loved.
It meant I loved.

AuthorLouise Glück
2023-01-06T10:09:53+00:00 December 30th, 2022|Categories: Poetry, Literature, Blesok no. 148|Comments Off on Poetry – LOUISE GLÜCK