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What Is Memory For?
When I sojurned
half my life
I was a stranger.
Almost where I was born
but still not home.
So I can map myself
in time, route
along the map of dangers,
make neat catalogs.
That's what memory is for.
Not this.
Confession of a Former Poetry Salesman
I myself may not pass the
"who cares test."
I am fed up with selling.
I have sold some poetry
in my life but it's not worth the investment.
I give it away or even pay people to take it
(trying to sell poetry in this market
is often that anyway--
paying people to take it).
I know the kind of god who
works for me. I
keep my hand in my art
in spite of the futility and absurdity.
Like an insect
that lives near a bird's nest, I
go about my business
unconcerned that I will
be devoured by something bigger tomorrow.
Don Schaeffer established Enthalpy Press and has published 5 chap books
including Time Meat and The Word Cow and the Pig O' Love. ISBN series:
0-9687017 Recent poetry has been published in The Writers Publishing, Lilly
Lit, Burning Effigy Press, Understanding Magazine, "Melange, Tryst,
Quills, and others. His first book of poetry, Almost Full was published
by Owl Oak Press early in the summer of 2006. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology
from City University of New York (1975) and lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with
his wife, Joyce. He recently became the granfather of Hannah Zoe Sasaki
Schaeffer.
Email: Don Schaeffer
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