Poetry Magazine
Love Poem
In a lightning bolt
of memory,
I see our statue of Buddha
(a wedding gift from Uncle Gene)
which always sat
on top of the speaker cabinet.
When a visitor asked,
“So, does Buddha like jazz?”
you said, “I hope so.
He’s been getting it up the ass
for a long time.”
Source: Poetry (March 2010).
Biography
Dorothea Grossman’s 2003 CD, Call And Response (pfMentum) features the poet in live performance with improvising trombonist Michael Vlatkovich.
Poems by Dorothea Grossman
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Relationships, Home Life
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