Poetry — August 1, 2011 13:16 — 0 Comments

Topical – Jacqueline Michaud

They watch the breaking news, a Report from
Misrata on Al-jezeera English,
Qaddafi’s forces bombing that city,
killing countless men, women, children, but
the raw video is too raw, they gasp,

hold their breath, and quickly open YouTube
for the latest uploaded video
they’ve yet to see:  astonishing footage,
really, of an adorable puppy,
a remarkable Pomeranian

that was trained to stand on its hind legs, sing
“I love mamma.”  It’s free now, but they know
this can’t last; the day surely will come when
YouTube begins charging for its content.

Bio:

Jacqueline Michaud’s work has appeared in journals and anthologies, including New England Review, Breadloaf Quarterly, Florida Review, American Letters & Commentary, and The Breath of Lips Parted: Voices from the Robert Frost Place. She published her debut collection, “The Waking Hours: Poems & Translations”, in 2007, and her second collection, “White Clouds”, appeared in 2009. Michaud also translates the work of Francophone writers, and recently completed a collection of poems by Jacques Prévert. A member of the American Literary Translators Association, she received her BA in French Literature from Skidmore College.

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What am I?

Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies

Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;

Scientists can't find me.

Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—

Remind me:

The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…

Tick, Tock: Divine me.

-- Richard Kenney

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