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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INCREDIBLE!, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poet's Biography
First Line: It must be I am mistaken; one bird note
Last Line: Who have winged with poetry beyond all prose!
Subject(s): Hearts; Seasons; Walking
First Line: It must be I am mistaken; one bird note
Last Line: Who have winged with poetry beyond all prose!
Subject(s): Hearts; Seasons; Walking
It must be I am mistaken; one bird note
Cannot have all this power upon my heart,
To which the breath of violin-swept symphonies,
Or clarioned concertos,
Has merely been as music, muted or mighty!
Winter has gone, I know; but how can spring,
That has not come, suddenly blossom through me,
Leafily,
Because one little lark upon a limb
Ripples his throat?
I am too near nature's creative rapture;
I am caught by it -- I who have sought to capture.
How can I walk again on heels and toes,
Who have winged with poetry beyond all prose!
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SPRING DAY: WALK by AMY LOWELL
WALKING-STICKS AND PAPERWEIGHTS AND WATERMARKS by MARIANNE MOORE
I GUIDED THE LONG TRANSHUMANCE OF THE HERD by AIME CESAIRE
THE TREES OF MADAME BLAVATSKY by NORMAN DUBIE
THREE MEN WALKING, THREE BROWN SILHOUETTES by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER
A CHARM TO BRING CHILDREN (EGYPT, A.D. 100) by CALE YOUNG RICE