Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem is a surprising little volume from our Everyman’s Pocket Poets library. It contains everything from anonymous “murder ballads” and verse by the likes of Thomas Hardy and Robert Browning to more contemporary entries by Frank Bidart, Carol Ann Duffy, and Kimiko Hahn. The below, by Marie Howe, is one of those rare poems that actually captures a conversation as it takes shape, in this case a particularly Manhattan, walking-in-the-West-Village sort of conversation.
***
After the Movie
My friend Michael and I are walking home arguing
about the movie.
He says that he believes a person can love someone
and still be able to murder that person.…
Posted on Wednesday, 25 April 2012
64 notes
-
nothing-justme likes this
-
sarahbeth579 likes this
-
secondhandmanifesto reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
binxbolling likes this
-
sandyandallyproductions reblogged this from celebratepoetry and added:
Oh, Marie Howe! How I love you!
-
believeinthefight likes this
-
foodtrap likes this
-
loveforeveryoung20 likes this
-
militantmaudlinist reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
militantmaudlinist likes this
-
52projects reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
cynderella reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
amalshrewd likes this
-
thisstupidjoke123 reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
thisstupidjoke123 likes this
-
caterpillartango likes this
-
inwonderment likes this
-
newtumblerfan likes this
-
bruntforcetrauma reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
kgstoryteller reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
rule51 likes this
-
doodlebimbee likes this
-
wuuing likes this
-
dangerousperson likes this
-
homgsh likes this
-
cynderella likes this
-
misplacedmodernist likes this
-
cardsandcardiology reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
nomoretexasgovernorsforpresident likes this
-
cardsandcardiology likes this
-
metropoli5nightmare5 reblogged this from aaknopf
-
the-philalethist likes this
-
frightened reblogged this from littlekyle
-
leaveyouapen likes this
-
thatlastpartwasfree reblogged this from littlekyle
-
elizs reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
sylswords likes this
-
tansyblue likes this
-
tansyblue reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
inbedwithbooks reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
umustcreate likes this
-
aaknopf reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
aarawrr likes this
-
karaannedc likes this
-
synonymsforwonder likes this
-
athousandyearsofbone likes this
-
life-between-words reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
echorevision reblogged this from celebratepoetry
-
booksandautumnleaves likes this
-
littlekyle reblogged this from celebratepoetry and added:
After the Movie by Marie Howe My friend Michael and I are walking home arguing about the movie. He says that be believes...
- Show more notes
