Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN HIS SIGHT, by ANNA R. BAKER First Line: God counts time not by minutes nor by days Last Line: But marks the silence of god's timeless clock. Subject(s): God; Time | ||||||||
God counts time not by minutes nor by days, The years, to Him, are but the markings on a dial, 'Round which we circle, madly spinning, Like futile second hands. Our very haste betrays Our fear of time. And all the while, His pointing hand moves slowly in an arc So vast, its end and its beginning Alike are lost in deep impenetrable dark Of Past and Future. And our tick-tick-tock But marks the silence of God's timeless clock. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND THE KIND MOON by SARA TEASDALE |
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