Two Poems

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SEWANEE REVIEW Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI:10.1353/sew.2024.a934404

Matthew Nienow

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Two Poems
Matthew Nienow (bio)

History

There is no way I can explain the pastin a manner that doesn't somehowfree the sparrow from the barn,but not before it crashes against the glassover and over, falling to the bench. Stunnedand on its back, I scooped the sparrowfrom the wood and carried it outsidewhile it slowly turned its headand nipped my fingers with its beak,a dun ghost weightless in my hands.I gave the bird to the crook of a willowthen stood back. Even that day, I hadbeen thinking of killing myself. Whenthe bird finally flew, I was offeredno thanks, no revelation. Saving thatsmall life from the trap of a buildingdid not change me. At least not then,when I could see no other way to be.When it would have been impossiblefor me to imagine ever being the bird. [End Page 534]

Someday, If I Am Lucky

I will be survived by this open acreringed by cedars and firs, thismeadow collecting yellow light,where today, alive, I lingerin the listening, housed in a shapecapable of such ordinary song. I wishto thank the minerals in my bonesand all this borrowed epiphany, all thisendless ache linking arms with sorrow.May many tomorrows nestin such green valleys. May we allaccept the ground we will become. [End Page 535]

Matthew Nienow

Matthew Nienow is the author of House of Water and If Nothing, both from Alice James Books. His work has appeared in Gulf Coast, Missouri Review, New England Review, Ploughshares, and Poetry. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington, with his wife and two sons, where he works as a mental health counselor.

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以下是内容的简要摘录，以代替摘要：两首诗马修-尼诺（Matthew Nienow）（简历）历史我无法解释过去的事情，因为我无法以某种方式将麻雀从谷仓中解救出来，但在它一次又一次地撞击玻璃，跌落在长凳上之前，我无法解释过去的事情。我惊呆了，仰面朝天，从木头上舀起麻雀，把它拎到外面，它慢慢地转过头，用嘴咬我的手指，在我的手里，它就像一个失重的敦厚的幽灵。就在那天，我还想过自杀。当小鸟终于飞起来的时候，我没有得到任何感谢，也没有得到任何启示。从建筑物的陷阱中救出那个小生命并没有改变我。至少在当时，在我看不到其他出路的时候，在我无法想象自己曾经是那只鸟的时候，我没有改变自己。[有一天，如果我幸运的话，我将在这片被雪松和枞树环绕的开阔草地上，在这片汇聚着黄色光芒的草地上存活下来，今天，我还活着，我徘徊在聆听中，栖息在能够发出如此普通的歌声的形状中。我要感谢我骨头里的矿物质，感谢这一切借来的顿悟，感谢这一切无尽的痛楚与悲伤交织在一起。愿我们都能接受我们将成为的土地。[马修-尼诺马修-尼诺（Matthew Nienow）是《水之屋》和《如果什么都没有》的作者，两部作品均由 Alice James Books 出版社出版。他的作品曾发表在《海湾海岸》、《密苏里评论》、《新英格兰评论》、《犁铧》和《诗歌》上。他与妻子和两个儿子居住在华盛顿州汤森港，并在那里担任心理健康顾问。版权所有 © 2024 年南方大学 ...

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