I have to tell you

By Dorothea Grossman

I have to tell you,

there are times when

the sun strikes me

like a gong,

and I remember everything,

even your ears.

Source: Poetry (March 2010)

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Dorothea "Dottie" Grossman lived in Los Angeles for over 30 years. Poetry magazine awared her its J. Howard and Barbara M. J. Wood Prize in 2010. Grossman wrote about her poems, “I like to think [they] are honest and that they connect me with my fellow...

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I have to tell you

I have to tell you

For Allen Ginsberg

The Two Times I Loved You the Most In a Car

Noon Concert

I knew something was wrong

I allow myself

I have to tell you