Seductive And Demanding Poem by gershon hepner

Seductive and demanding,
witty and embittered,
do I seem enchanting?
Though the words I’ve littered
have not been collected
and have won no prize,
when they are reflected
in my readers’ eyes,
reaching ears like gongs,
pussies may be wetter,
litter in my songs
lost in every letter.

Andrew Johnson writes about the new Poet Laureate, Louis Glück, in NYT, November 4th,2003:

Ms. Glück, on the other hand, writes startling, ironic poems in a stark, unadorned voice. I once heard her read her collection 'Meadowlands' (1996) right through and realized that her characterization of 'The Best American Poetry 1993, ' which she edited, could have been a description of her own work: 'The voice that rises from the page is weirdly restless: seductive, demanding, embittered, witty.'

11/4/03