Poem Of The Month: November 2012

For November's Poem of the Month, I have chosen the poem A Mother Falls in Love with Eugene Onegin by George Beddow.

It is taken from his collection Out of Kilter.

A MOTHER FALLS IN LOVE WITH EUGENE ONEGIN

Her infant solipsist holds a mirror

to try and frame the epicene figure

of his shadow-fencing twin –

left arm hidden behind a shoulder

as revision (should he grow older)

for a grade 3 violin’s

spot-the-difference examination

on Preventive Retaliation

and the fate of poor Onegin

whose soul can find no peace or haven

except when passing through translation…

Onegin by Elena Samokish-Sudkovskaya, 1908

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