Coffee & Poetry: Short Poems by Bert Meyers

Poetry & coffee today at 3 in Bryant Park, NYC; same poems, different city in the future.

It has been so wonderful to receive many emails from people who really want to talk about poetry! Here are five short poems that I will be happy to talk about today in NY—meet at 3 p.m. at Joe Coffee kiosk in Bryant Park, near 40th Street entrance. Future dates in other cities later this fall. And if you are just having a coffee at home, here are five short poems to keep you company!

All poems can be found in Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master, edited by Dana Levin and Adele Louise Williams.

The first poem, “Lullaby,” has four lines that contain a world. To me, the last two lines have the echo of Genesis.

Once again with Bert Meyers, you can feel his experience as a picture framer in his poetry. Each section in is self-contained. I look forward to discussing the enigmatic last two lines.

Next are two poems featured in my first newsletter post, “Three Jewish Poets Who Should Be Better Known.”

I always marvel at how Meyers ends poems. His endings tend to be mysterious and world-opening.

This is another magnificent ending that mixes past, present, and future.

What is beautiful about Meyers is his comfort with what he doesn’t know; check out those last three lines which combine what he doesn’t know, what he does know, life, and death.

Here’s to more poetry and more coffee!

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