Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BLESSING MYSELF, by DAVID IGNATOW


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First Line: I believe in stillness
Subject(s): Silence


I believe in stillness,
I close a door
and surrender myself
to a wall and converse
with it and ask it
to bless me.
The wall is silent.
I speak for it,
blessing myself.





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