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Proust described À la recherche du temps perdu
As concentric. So is any good poem,
So is life. The look you gave me and still
Give me is concentric. A child dips a toe
Into water. Concentric. The Andrea Doria
Sinks slowly, well-photographed in so doing,
My introduction to life in New York.
Just over the hill: The Symposium.
Martian Chronicles. A Delicate Balance.
Poetry. Genius. A toe dipping. Then
There’s Alan Ginsberg, God rest his sweet soul.
Nothing stops.
Richard W. Halperin's poetry collections are published by Salmon/Cliffs of Moher (four) and by Lapwing/Belfast (sixteen). His work is part of University College Dublin's Irish Poetry Reading Archive. In 2023, Salmon will bring out a Selected and New volume, drawing upon all twenty books and including 25+ new poems.
