Lyn Lifshin

The Other Side Of The Moon

A Tribute To Lyn Lifshin

A submission from Lifshin would often include dozens of poems about a single subject: a relationship, a memory, dancing the tango. (Dance — including ballet and ballroom — was her second great love, after writing.)

The Pearls

An engagement present from my husband’s parents, / they seemed like something from a yearbook photograph. / I’d have preferred a wrought-iron pendant, costume / beads that caught the sunlight.

Three Days Before My Mother’s Birthday

I run into a young woman almost staggering across / the street. I’m surprised to see it’s someone I / know. She seems pale.

Facing, For Once, Where I’m Going

Do I Really Have To Write About What Seems Most Scary?

Like When I Read About The Other Side Of The Moon Landing

Sultry, Humid, Running To The Metro

Sometimes I Think It Was Your Gone Leg

My Mother Hated The Song Of The Whales

Ladies’ Room, National Archives