Sun 14 Jan 2007
PotW: "So You Want an Opera Singer…" by Siobhan Brannigan
Posted by Tim under PotW
and not just mailmen, men from across the street,
men who have been following her for four days and want her
address to be their address
Maybe Alan should comment on this week’s poem, because it’s one of his all-time favorites.
(I think he had an opera singer once.)
(Actually, I know he had an opera singer once, on a cruise in the Meditarranean, he told me…the last time he wore a tux.)
(The ’80s…and that’s salmon, not pink, by the way.)
But whether you’ve had your own opera singer or not, the lyricism and playfulness make this a quintessential RATTLE poem. “frame programs from every show, sit in front / of the front row” Try to read it it without smiling. I dare you.
