He Remembers His Life as a Man
FROM THE ONLINE CHAPBOOK THE JOHN AND MIM POEMS
He Remembers His Life as a Man
Miriam Levine
After all the work, all the countries,
the names I’ve forgotten, I remember
the hotel in Dallas, the rooms opening
to galleries around an atrium
and far below a man at the piano, the music
floating up—so beautiful—and the girl in Shanghai
when I tried to buy a ticket and the language
confused me. A stranger. She took my hand
and led me inside the theater. In my life as a man
nothing like this had ever happened before.
The John and Mim Poems
Miriam Levine
2026
The John and Mim Poems is a portrait of a marriage and Miriam Levine’s gift to you.