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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I COULD TAKE, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I could take
Last Line: Imperfections that match
Subject(s): Leaves
First Line: I could take
Last Line: Imperfections that match
Subject(s): Leaves
I could take
two leaves
and give you one.
Would that not be
a kind of perfection?
But I prefer
one leaf
torn to give you half
showing
(after these years, simply)
love's complexity in an act,
the tearing and
the unique edges --
one leaf (one word) from the two
imperfections that match.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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