Saturday, March 11, 2023

New Poetry by David Adès










I Like the Word 

umbrage 
(O Dolores, Dolores, 
so aptly named) 

though not so much 
being the object 
of it 

for some innocuous  
comment, wrongly taken, 
that raised hackles, 

prompted a snarl,  
a heat-seeking 
missile response, 

as when  
driving home from school 
I enquired  

of my (adolescent,  
it must be said) 
daughter 

whether she was getting 
as much homework 
this year as last,  

and she 
what the fuck dude?
saw red, red, indignant red.


- ©  David Adès 2023


David Adès is the author of Mapping the World, the chapbook Only the Questions Are Eternal and most recently Afloat in Light (https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/afloat-in-light). He is the host of a monthly poetry podcast series, Poets’ Corner, which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb8bHCZBRMBjlWlPDeaSanZ3qAZcuVW7N. 







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