For May and birds, from poetryfoundation.org. The rest of the poem is here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/247156
from There Are Birds Here / by Jamaal May, b. 1982
For Muhammed Ali, who finds himself in this poem from poetryfoundation.org.
from 30th Birthday / by Alice Notley, b. 1945
Strong as the violets
in Marlon Brando’s fist
For memory and the upcoming mothers’ day, from poetryfoundation.org. The rest of the poem is here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180084
from A Dandelion for My Mother / by Jean Nordhaus b. 1939
For princesses, from Fairytale Review: The Mauve Issue.
from Six / by Rachel Zavecz
or the chime of moondrops dripping down her growths of crystalline-clear bone
For painted horses, from poets.org. You may read the rest of the poem here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/recall-carousel
from Recall the Carousel / by Laura Kasischke
They waved at us too many times to count.
Their dancing foals. Their lacquered mares. Even
a blue-eyed hunting hound
For clocks and towers, from The Best American Poetry, 2013.
from Albert Einstein / by Matthew Zapruder
and clearly it was all
beautiful guesses
For café con leche, from the Academy of American Poets. The rest of the poem is here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/spain
from Spain, for Mark Strand / by Major Jackson
Yet Guernica is down the street, and some windshields
wear a sinister face, sometimes two. Think Goya.
For important crossings over, from Poetry magazine, February 2015. And, a good metaphor for running/racing, which has its own crossings over, its own song, and is own wild tone.
from The Hove / by John Barr
They’re strong, these Irish penny whistle songs.
Just the one wild tone working alone
the registers
For Sunday babies, from poetryfoundation.org. My apologies to the line breaks and punctuation, if line breaks and punctuation there are; I have only the audio, and the audio is here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/4996
from The Birth / by Dorothea Lasky, b. 1978
And I say, “No, no, my baby, my baby.” They say,
“Yes, yes, look at your beautiful baby.”
For proms, from poetryfoundation.org.
from Another Moon / by Zack Strait
but there it was
spinning so close to the earth
that it bent
every weather vane in Omaha
it was prom night
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