Gjertrud Schnackenberg has published five collections of poetry, including The Throne of Labdacus, and Supernatural Love: Poems, 1978-1992.
Poetry
Autumn 1979
Darwin in 1881
Sleepless as Prospero back in his bedroom In Milan, with all his miracles Reduced to sailors’ tales, He sits up in the dark. The islands loom. His seasickness upwells, Silence […]
Poetry
Summer 1979
The Resurrection
We’ll start the story right when Jesus C. Gives up, and turns a shade of possum-gray. It’s dark, and there are earthquakes—well, okay, It’s dark, and to complete our misery […]