Readers Record
“Simile and Metaphor”

1) “One difference between good and not-so-good poets is that the good ones recognize when they’ve written stuff that deserves to be dumped, and load up the truck.” (p. 95)
2) “Coming closer, he turns out
to be you – or nearly.
Once you lose someone it is never exactly
The same person who comes back.” (p. 96)
3) “Michiko is dying in the house behind me,
the long windows open so I can hear
the faint sound she will make when she wants
watermelon to such or so I can take her
to a bucket in the corner of the high-ceilinged room
which is the best we can do for a chamber pot.” (p. 98)
4) “How many lives ago
Was that? How many choices?” (p. 100)
5) “Just have patience, and keep digging.” (p. 101)