GRAY’S ELEGY
Douglas Rothschild
Word count: 70
Paragraphs: 7
GRAY’S ELEGY
You lose touch with people,
then somehow, you never hear
from them again. Cole, Pierre,
Alice. You even start to miss
people on the periphery. Where
has Steve Dalachinsky been lately?
i would once see him around
everywhere, but he doesn’t seem
to come out anymore. If only
i could see them one last time,
i could tell them how important
they were for me to be who i was
in the world.
Douglas Rothschild is a poet, teacher, polymath, and handy man. For many years Douglas co-curated the Zinc Bar reading series and volunteered in a variety of capacities at the Poetry Project. His books include Cud, lit/writ 103 & Critical Theory: An Appendage, The Minor Arcana, Match Book, The Easter Book, Theogony, The Odyssey: Books IV & IX, & The Rembrandt School School of Poetry. Additionally he has founded a number of Poetical Schools among which are the 24/7 Poet School of Poetry, the Poetry School of Poetry, & the Rembrandt School of Poetry [for which there is an eponymously named book]. His life has been one long miasma of failure, disappointment, coffee & overarching desire. Although he has not yet accomplished anything of note, Mr. Rothschild intends to continue on for some time yet. Some of this life, such as it is, has been chronicled in Bill Luoma’s WORKS & DAYS & Jennifer Moxley’s THE MIDDLE ROOM.