Joy Ladin
A variation on “Ein Leben,” by Dan Pagis
Photo: amyrod1
I’m standing at the window,
a young woman, I can’t remember what age
or so my slumping shoulders say
Author Joy Ladin
Photograph 1934
27 February, 2009 by Joy Ladin · No comments
Shame
10 February, 2009 by Joy Ladin · No comments
Joy Ladin
Photo: aussiegall
Pirouhettes
Between future and past,
A spiraling ribbon of red, a girl
In ballet class,
A dance, a beautiful dance
You cannot hope to master.
Face
30 January, 2009 by Joy Ladin · No comments
Joy Ladin
Photo: katietegtmeyer
You wipe the woman off your face.
She comes away
In ochre smears. Traces cling
To your lids and lips. You wipe
Handling it
24 January, 2009 by Joy Ladin · No comments
Joy Ladin
Photo: vincepal
Put that life down.
Life is not a knife. No one
Eats with a life and a fork. That isn’t blood
On its edge. Life has
No edge. Life is too dull.
Is neither serrated
