made unsightly marks on men and left putrefying sores. They squatted around the smoking fires, put ashes on their wounds, exchanged myths, and felt a terrible ache for love and affection.They longed to see women exhibit an avid interest in them for their own merits and not have to go marauding against enemy tribes and stand toe to toe with their warriors and hack at them and bash their brains out and eviscerate and decapitate them and drag their women away screaming and sobbing. A lousy way of dating, especially as you, the winner, have plenty of hack marks on you and are not so interested in sex now, due to loss of blood.
from Garrison Keillor: The Norman Transcript: The poet gets the girl
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After the Ice Storm My Son Does Not Come Home
by Diane Lockward
Hours after he stormed out, wind knocks
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: After the Ice Storm My Son Does Not Come Home by Diane Lockward
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Blueberry
by Diane Lockward
Deep-blue hue of the body, silvery bloom
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Blueberry by Diane Lockward
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Field Guide
by Billy Collins
No one I ask knows the name of the flower
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Field Guide by Billy Collins
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Life Story
by Tennessee Williams
After you've been to bed together for the first time,
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Life Story by Tennessee Williams
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Return I
by Elisabeth Stevens
When I am traveling,
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Return I by Elisabeth Stevens
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To This May
by W. S. Merwin
They know so much more now about
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: To This May by W. S. Merwin
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Treason
by James Tate
The man that was following me looked like a government
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Treason by James Tate
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