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Poem of the Month 

Elaine Feinstein

Girlfriend (Lyric 6) 

Night weeps over coffee grounds

         as it looks to the east.

Its mouth is a tender blossom

         but it has a monstrous flower.

 

Soon a young, thin moon will take

        the place of scarlet dawn,

and I shall give you many

        combs and rings. 

 

The young moon between the

branches

        never guards anyone.

I shall give you ear-rings,

        bracelets, and chains!

 

Your bright eyes sparkle, as if

        from under a heavy mane.

Are your horses jealous - those thoroughbreds, so light on their feet?

 

From Bride of Ice - New Selected

Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva -

trans. Elaine Feinstein (Carcanet). 
 

Elaine Feinstein, Phillis Levin, Jo

Shapcott read at the Poetry

Society, 9 July. Buy tickets.

 

Elaine judges the 2009 Corneliu M

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