youth once
bent
to appraise the agates
to pull out weeds
quick and easy without a care
the view is now
care-full
panning the clouds
sifting tall stalks of grass
with limited sights
youth twice
is hard to find
bent back doesn't
snap to
its antiquated values
bent
to appraise the agates
to pull out weeds
quick and easy without a care
the view is now
care-full
panning the clouds
sifting tall stalks of grass
with limited sights
youth twice
is hard to find
bent back doesn't
snap to
its antiquated values
Has the plaintive song and "pictures from life" of the Imagists I love. Direct, wise, almost aphoristic:
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is hard to find
Really good.
Dear Brian,
ReplyDeleteThanks. You have made my day. If only my graduate paper could be a poem! They are much more fun to write!
~Kay
Kay, I second Brian. However, I think the title doesn't do the poem justice. It's a little telly.
ReplyDeleteJust a thought.
Good luck with your graduate paper.
Chen-ou
Thank you, Chen-ou. I appreciate your suggestion. I'll have to think up something, but the brain isn't as quick as it once was...
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~Kay