Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
"Lilith," by Ron Koertge
- She did not graze on all fours but
- wrapped her arms and legs around Adam
- and said, “Oh, Daddy. It feels so good,”
- and he promised her a little place of
- her own in Manhattan.
- God saw that he had made a mistake
- and put him to sleep, wiped his brain
- smooth as a grape and tried again with
- Eve
- who lay flat on her back, arms and
- legs extended as if she had fallen from
- a tree. As Adam tried, she talked out
- loud, “So much to do, so many animals
- to name, so much adoration to give
- Him.”
- Adam rolled off her, sat up holding his
- side. “It hurts,” he said.
- “What does?”
- “Here.”
- “That’s called a rib.”
- “No. Above that.”
- “Your heart. I’ve only been here ten
- minutes and already I know ever so much
- more than you.”
- “I think it’s broken.”
- “Oh, pooh. Everything’s wonderful and
- all you do is complain. You should be
- glad you’re not an insurance salesman.”
- Adam had to admit she was right, yet
- what was that smell of crushed fern,
- such heat disguised as words, a vision:
- lovely toes pointing toward the sun.
- “Sorrow,” he said, “I feel sorrow.”
- “You eat too fast,” said Eve. “It’s gas.”
In the apocryphal literature, Lilith was the first wife of Adam, sometimes portrayed in ancient lore as an evil demon, but also, in medieval mythology, as a powerful, independent woman who refuses to be subservient to Adam. Ron Koertge is a well-known, greatly admired poet with a quirky wit and a genius for imaginative and playful narrative. He is also the author of several brilliant, award-winning young adult novels. “Lilith” was originally published in a collection of Koertge’s poetry titled Diary Cows, published by Little Caesar Press. Photo credit, Sonia Sones. The poem is reprinted by permission.
Here's something you might be interested in.
"Lilith," by Ron Koertge
"Lilith," by Ron Koertge
- She did not graze on all fours but
- wrapped her arms and legs around Adam
- and said, “Oh, Daddy. It feels so good,”
- and he promised her a little place of
- her own in Manhattan.
- God saw that he had made a mistake
- and put him to sleep, wiped his brain
- smooth as a grape and tried again with
- Eve
- who lay flat on her back, arms and
- legs extended as if she had fallen from
- a tree. As Adam tried, she talked out
- loud, “So much to do, so many animals
- to name, so much adoration to give
- Him.”
- Adam rolled off her, sat up holding his
- side. “It hurts,” he said.
- “What does?”
- “Here.”
- “That’s called a rib.”
- “No. Above that.”
- “Your heart. I’ve only been here ten
- minutes and already I know ever so much
- more than you.”
- “I think it’s broken.”
- “Oh, pooh. Everything’s wonderful and
- all you do is complain. You should be
- glad you’re not an insurance salesman.”
- Adam had to admit she was right, yet
- what was that smell of crushed fern,
- such heat disguised as words, a vision:
- lovely toes pointing toward the sun.
- “Sorrow,” he said, “I feel sorrow.”
- “You eat too fast,” said Eve. “It’s gas.”
In the apocryphal literature, Lilith was the first wife of Adam, sometimes portrayed in ancient lore as an evil demon, but also, in medieval mythology, as a powerful, independent woman who refuses to be subservient to Adam. Ron Koertge is a well-known, greatly admired poet with a quirky wit and a genius for imaginative and playful narrative. He is also the author of several brilliant, award-winning young adult novels. “Lilith” was originally published in a collection of Koertge’s poetry titled Diary Cows, published by Little Caesar Press. Photo credit, Sonia Sones. The poem is reprinted by permission.
Comments