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Poem of the Week
21 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in poetry Tags: 1930s, Charles Simic, Great Depression, hard times, Poet Laureate, poetry, Walker Evans
I really love Charles Simic‘s poetry. Here’s proof that poetry is not dead and not opaque, far from it.
I couldn’t find the photo he saw, but the slides above are all by Walker Evans.
HITCHHIKERS
by Charles Simic
After a Walker Evans photograph from the thirties
Hard times brought them out early
On this dreary stretch of road
Carrying a suitcase and a bedroll
With a frying pan tied to it,
The kind you use over a campfire
When a moss-covered log is your pillow.He’s hopeful and she’s ashamed
To be asking a stranger to take them
Away from here in a cloud of flying
Gravel and dust, past leafless trees
With their snarled and pointy little twigs.
A man and a woman catching a ride
To where water tastes like cherry wine.
She’ll work as a maid or a waitress,
He’ll pump gas or rob banks.
They’ll buy a car as big as a hearse
To make their fast getaway,
Not forgetting to stop for you, mister,
If you are down on your luck yourself.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Simple
21 Jan 2012 11 Comments
in architecture, Blogging Challenge, meme, photos, travel
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