Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
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by
Simon Perchik

Windswept, this radio
broken open with its stations
one on top each other

though what you hear
is its dust, bleeding
the way this rag, half doll

half straw, half dirt
scraping till a darkness
oozes from your fingertips

bent over, garbled
–she couldn’t tell it’s you
from far away, listening for her.

Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Simon Perchik
Simon Perchik
United States
Simon Perchik has published over 1000 poems in journals and periodicals that include The New Yorker, Partisan Review and The Nation. His opus Hands Collected: The Books of Simon Perchik (poems 1949-1999) was published by Pavement Saw Press, and is a compilation of 16 earlier books.
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)