THE MUSES NARRATE A SLIDESHOW<\/p>\n
History<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am sucking on cherry pits Dance<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am on a child\u2019s sarcophagus: Comedy<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am with my melon hairstyle Music<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am the sound of one sense Hymns<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am as she who walks and as she Astronomy<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am as a pair of sheet bronze hands Epic Poetry<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am writing epic poetry in my head Love<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am announcing the flood.<\/p>\n Tragedy<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am a copy of a copy <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The Muses Narrate a Slide Show” originally appeared in The Monarch Review.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rebecca Hoogs<\/a> is the author of a chapbook, Grenade (2005)<\/a><\/em> and her poems have appeared in Poetry, AGNI, Crazyhorse, Zyzzyva, The Journal, Poetry Northwest, <\/a>The Florida Review,<\/em> and others. She is the recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colony (2004) and Artist Trust of Washington State <\/a>(2005). She is the Director of Education Programs and the curator and host for the Poetry Series<\/a> for Seattle Arts & Lectures.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE MUSES NARRATE A SLIDESHOW History Here I am sucking on cherry pits leftover from the cult of Mithras. Dance Here I am on a child\u2019s sarcophagus: children collecting walnuts to chuck at a pyramid of walnuts. Comedy Here I … Continue reading
\nleftover from the cult of Mithras.<\/p>\n
\nchildren collecting walnuts to chuck
\nat a pyramid of walnuts.<\/p>\n
\nand my prosciutto smile which identify me
\nas belonging to the 2nd century.<\/p>\n
\nthrough a bone flute in past tense.<\/p>\n
\nwho walks behind and as she who walks behind behind
\nand is only the hand which pours water or wine.<\/p>\n
\nwith gold buttons to navigate by.<\/p>\n
\nsince I lost my epic pen.<\/p>\n
\nof an original feeling now lost.<\/p>\n