Raymond Carver

I went looking for a book tonight and found my old and tattered copy of Raymond Carver's All of Us causing me to become completely distracted. I was introduced to him in high school by one of my teachers who noticed I was fond of Checkov.

The Attic

Her brain is an attic where things
were stored over the years.

From time to time her face appears
in the little windows near the top of the house.

The sad face of someone who has been locked up
and forgotten about.

Romanticism

The nights are very unclear here.
But if the moon is full, we know it.
We feel one thing one minute,
something else the next.

His minimalist style in his peotry and prose demands a lot of the reader since the emotion is so condensed. The poem and the story are told in the volumes unspoken. If you aren't familiar with Raymond, go find a copy of his short stories and discover one of the best short story writers of the late 20th century.