Phillip Lopate Poems

I have not felt a thing for weeks.
But getting up and going to work on time
I did what needed to be done, then rushed home.
And even the main streets, those ancient charmers,
...

we who are
your closest friends
feel the time
has come to tell you
...

You are not me, and I am never you
except for thirty seconds in a year
when ecstasy of coming,
laughing at the same time
...

"BE YOUR OWN MASTER!" says the Vedanta Society sign.
Why not?…In the park
Some clouds roll over me like Greenland on a map.
If I wanted to I could imagine I was flying over
...

to Carol
1.

Our room, says the lady of the house
is nicer than one in a motel
and she's right
...