By Gerald T. Perkoff
no sound with the exception of the small bells
that continuously ring in my ear. it's as if
the apartment and kitchen
and ground and chair
are there merely as a cocoon
for my considering.
An outdated man’s options don't
lack consistency.
As guy for eons has visible himself the keeper,
so do I
still tackle the position of supplier and protector…
The poems in considering at three AM are gentle, poignant, and frank expressions of the sentiments of getting older and the final levels of lifestyles. in addition they care for the continued love of an extended and profitable marriage, with severe ailment that ended in a near-death adventure, with dedication to relatives, young ones, and grandchildren, in addition to with assorted issues that usually appear to show themselves in a poet’s brain and pen.
In distinction to the poems approximately getting older, one lengthy autobiographical poem describes the poet's adolescence and younger maturity, and includes tales and incidents one hopes one’s heirs will comprehend and keep in mind. those poems mirror the author’s private emotions, remembering existence, loss, and the fantastic global that he lives in on a daily basis. there's a figuring out that is living in every one of them, inviting the reader alongside for the journey at the poet's lifestyles journey.
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