EnvyofOtherPeople’sPoems
RobertHass
Inoneversionofthelegendthesirenscouldn’tsing.
Itwasonlyasailor’sstorythattheycould.
SoOdysseus,lashedtothemast,washarrowed
Byamusicthathedidn’thear–plungingsofsea,
Wind-shear,theoff-shorehungerofthebirds–
Andthemutewomengatheringkelpforgardenmulch,
Seeinghimstrainagainstthecordage,seeing
The...[
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