In remembrance of the poet great Charles Simic who passed away on January 9, 2023. The multi-award winning poet, my favorite, was the former Poet Laureate of the US in 2007. He said he retired after one term because he tired of answering emails instead of writing.
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Little Charles Simic
Was the same
Charles Simic at play
Under a table with toy soldiers
Shooting and falling
Under his nanny's pleats
Her fingers guiding him
In the living room
Of his home in Belgrade
Nazi bombs falling
More Dali than Brueghel
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