Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.misc From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Love, By GRACE PALEY Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 07:57:14 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Love, By GRACE PALEY Publication Date: Sunday November 15, 1992 BYLINE: Handsome men wearing red ties walk past my window not one but three this morning! their coats open their ties flying as though spring had made some deliberate move on our street maybe a fur-tipped bud among the hedges a fact: years and years ago I saw you pass your face rosy from that interior lifelong commotion your head forward stubborn against a March wind day after day for nearly a month as you walked with con- siderable eagerness toward your daily life right past my window I thought who is that man then I thought oh I already know him From "New and Collected Poems" (Tilbury House: $19.95; 95 pp.). Paley lives in Thetford, Vt. When asked in a 1989 interview for her advice to writers, Paley said: "Be truthful. I mean, don't lie. But, what I always tell a class first is 'keep a low overhead.' " 1992 by Grace Paley. Reprinted by permission. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM