"Messy on the Inside" the poetry of Eileen Albrizio
powerful, haunting, contemporary poetry with classic immortality
Written entirely in formal verse, this exciting first collection of poetry is deeply emotional, highly charged, sometimes witty, contemplative and always honest.
"Messy on the Inside", published in 1998 by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press in New Haven, CT.
It's a 90-page collection interspersed with original black & white photographs.
$12
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A Glimpse
a pantoum
by Eileen Albrizio
I see you're a bit messy on the inside
the way the blinds hang crooked in your window.
Through every aperture escapes a bright white light,
but for the cinderblock-sized openings below.
The way the blinds hang crooked in your window
allows a glimpse of a long pale southern wall.
But for the cinderblock-sized openings below
I catch a lot of you. The way the shadows fall
allows a glimpse of a long pale southern wall.
A lonely frame hangs not quite in the center.
I catch a lot of you. The way the shadows fall
is inviting, but I'm still afraid to enter.
A lonely frame hangs not quite in the center.
The subject dark with no details from where I stand
is inviting, but I'm still afraid to enter.
The suggestion of a chair, books, movement and
the subject dark with no details from where I stand.
I see you're a bit messy on the inside.
The suggestion of a chair, books, movement and
through every aperture escapes a bright white light.
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