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                   Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)

                              Waiting for Icarus

First Line: He said he would be back and we'd drink wine together

The above poem appeared in the 1973 collection Breaking Open. As such, it is protected by copyright and cannot be displayed without permission of the copyright holder. It can be found in:

  • Barnstone, Aliki, ed. The Shambhala Anthology of Women's Spiritual Poetry. Boston:Shambhala Publications Inc., 1999.
  • Kossman, Nina, ed. Gods and Mortals. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

    Icarus was the son of the inventor Daedalus. They attempted to escape Crete using wings they had made.