{"id":1280,"date":"2012-06-11T04:18:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T04:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2017-07-11T21:25:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T21:25:12","slug":"the-bedroom-by-doug-draime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/the-bedroom-by-doug-draime\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bedroom by Doug Draime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Bedroom<\/h1>\n

by Doug Draime<\/p>\n

There is no point of
\nreflection here.<\/p>\n

It wavers
\nat the angle the bed
\nused to be. Where
\nit was once was, at that
\nangle, I watched
\nthe stars and moon.<\/p>\n

Now the moon is where
\nthe apple tree
\nwas. The radio has
\ncompletely disappeared.<\/p>\n

A Mexican vase is there
\ninstead. The walls have
\nbeen painted a color
\nI don’t know: between
\nblue and
\navocado. The shadows<\/p>\n

don’t dance anymore, they
\nfloat, moaning bitterly
\nover the place
\nwhere you once slept
\nbeside me. The twinkling
\nchandelier is gone, and I
\ncan’t find the ceiling<\/p>\n

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Doug Draime’s most recent books include Los Angeles Terminal: Poems 1971-1980 (Covert Press) and Rock ‘n Roll Jizz (Propaganda Press). Forthcoming full-length collection from Interior Press, More Than The Alley in 2012. Awarded PEN grants in 1987, 1991 and 1992. Nominated for several Pushcart Prizes in last few years. He lives with his wife and family in the foothills of Oregon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bedroom by Doug Draime There is no point of reflection here. It wavers at the angle the bed used to be. Where it was once was, at that angle, I watched the stars and moon. Now the moon is where the apple tree was. The radio has completely disappeared. A Mexican vase is there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409,319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depression-poems","category-moon-poem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t