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Eleventh House
by David GarnerFirst home.
One story.
Back porch.
Snail.
Two years old.
Scared.
Second home.
Two story.
Backyard.
Fort.
Five years old.
Free.
Third home(s).
One story/Condo.
Mom/Dad.
Split.
Sixteen.
Mad.
Fourth home.
Apartment.
Roommates.
School.
Fun?
Fifth home.
House.
Bottom floor.
Andy.
Brief.
Sixth home.
House.
Big room.
Lori.
Good.
Seventh home.
Apartment.
New York.
East.
Oh.
Eighth home.
Apartment.
Village.
West.
Wow.
Ninth home.
Carriage House.
New Jersey.
Orange.
Stuck.
Tenth home.
Little house.
Grad School.
Busy.
Eleventh house.
Condo.
Chicago.
High rise.
Home. 01/10/2008 Author's Note: a brief history of where I've lived.
Posted on 01/10/2008
Copyright © 2024 David Garner
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 01/11/08 at 10:40 AM I love this, it has the staging, line by line succinctness that sets the scene for each "home". Really brilliant in how much each verse conveys, the numbering and the construction, like a "home" of a poem in itself. I think we often think this way, ennumerating such things in our minds... (as if before falling asleep, and that's one reason it is so good! I like how the "busy" stanza is so short--amd I like how the present feels (at the end) at "home"! |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 01/11/08 at 05:11 PM I really like the way you've laid this out, and how each dwelling/stanza ends with a different expression of emotion. |
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