Ignatow, David 1983
Friday, May 13, 1983
Interesting that I have to live with my skeleton.
It stands, prepared to emerge, and I carry it
with me–this other thing I will become at death,
and yet it keeps me erect and limber in my walk,
my rival.
– David Ignatow, “My skeleton, my rival”
Read this interview with David Ignatow from the Paris Review:
Paris Review – The Art of Poetry No. 23, David Ignatow
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I carry my keys like a weapon,
their points bunched together
and held outwards in the palm
for a step too close behind me
as I approach the subway through the
dark.
– David Ignatow, “To Nowhere”
Listen to David Ignatow read his poem, “What about dying:”
David Ignatow reads What about dying
David Ignatow reads his poem What about dying.
