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Russell Edson Poems
- One Lonely Afternoon Since the fern can't go to the sink for ...
- Ape You haven't finished your ape, said mother to father, ...
- On The Eating Of Mice A woman prepared a mouse for her ...
- A Stone Is Nobody's A man ambushed a stone. Caught it. Made ...
- Counting Sheep A scientist has a test tube full of sheep. He ...
- Sleep There was a man who didn't know how to sleep; nodding ...
- The Fight A man is fighting with a cup of coffee. The rules: ...
Russell Edson (1935 – April 29, 2014) was an American poet, novelist, writer and illustrator, and the son of the cartoonist-screenwriter Gus Edson.
He studied art early in life and attended the Art Students League as a teenager. He began publishing poetry in the 1960s. His honors as a poet include a Guggenheim fellowship,a Whiting Award, and several fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Edson published numerous collections of prose poetry, short stories and fables, one novel, The Song of Percival Peacock, and The Falling Sickness: A Book of Plays. His final book was See Jack (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009).
He lived in Darien, ... more »
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One Lonely Afternoon
Since the fern can't go to the sink for a drink of
water, I graciously submit myself to the task, bringing two
glasses from the sink.
And so we sit, the fern and I, sipping water together.
Of course I'm more complex than a fern, full of deep
thoughts as I am. But I lay this aside for the easy company
of an afternoon friendship.
I don't mind sipping water with a fern, even though,
had I my druthers, I'd be speeding through the sky for
Stockholm, sipping a bloody mary with a wedge of lime.
And so we sit one lonely afternoon sipping ...
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