Thursday, January 1, 2004
In Umbria Comments
Rating: ★2.8
Once upon a time I was sitting outside the cafe
watching twilight in Umbria when a girl came
out of the bakery with the bread her mother wanted.
She did not know what to do. Already bewildered
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Jack Gilbert
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7/23/2025 11:05:54 PM # 1.0.0
I like the simplicity of this narrative poem. It expresses the young womans modesty as well as her sexual awakening, and I can envision Jack Gilbert at the cafe with a glass of wine, absorbing this scene.