Susan Detlefsen Poems

She's been around the world
Umbria, Tuscany, Venice and Rome.
She's lived down under
And around and over
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The folly and the ivy
The pulling of the ivy
In my heart and mind sits mulling
Mulling, mulling, pulling, pulling, pulling.
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She fills the page with every known variety of woman
and of man,
with the contents of a room
an ocean shore
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It's not about the ganchos
Not about boleos
It's not the tango shoes you wear
Or how you cabeçeo.
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Pronominally challenged

What's your sign?
One used to ask.
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War is stupid
No English is needed.
No words
Can convey
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When you walk through it
Pure pink rose perfume
Will fill your head
Make you drunker than Rimbaud.
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La pluie sur Puy
me donne une seule envie:
me rendormir et
donc rester au lit.
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