All night it says the same word to the dark:here, here, here.Not come. Not safe. Just here —
the way a mother leaves a hall light onnot to call you homebut so that if you came, you'd know the way.
About the lyric poemA poem in one speaker's voice, giving a feeling, moment or thought.
Lyric poem is a broad word more than a strict form. It usually means a poem in which one speaker voices a feeling, a moment or a thought, often with a song-like quality. It can rhyme or not, at any length. There is no fixed rule.
Listen for One voice speaking close and personal, and how music shows up in the language.
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Home is a word she's had to redefine more than once.
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