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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXPERIENCE, by NAOMI REYNOLDS First Line: I wrote of simple things Last Line: I know too much to write. Subject(s): Writing & Writers | |||
I wrote of simple things -- The fluffiness of dandelion heads Against a kiddie's cheek, the feeling in your throat The first few nights you stay away from home, The soggy sweetness of a summer lawn After a dripping rain. "How little this poor versifier knows Of life," the critics sneered. Angered, I plunged into the swirl of things. I hear The sickening talk of children who are overwise, Laughter of men whose god is physical, Despair, that makes the bottom of the river seem No blacker than its edge. On easy terms with life, I know too much to write. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELL, SELECTION by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 126: THE DOUBTING MAN by LYN HEJINIAN WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD COMPULSIVE QUALIFICATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD DEUTSCH DURCH FREUD by RANDALL JARRELL LET THEM ALONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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