Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO JOURNEYS, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER First Line: A short step from birth to death Last Line: The grain of innocence. Subject(s): Aging; Bodies; Life | ||||||||
A short step from birth to death The body takes; The seventy year aging An easily covered territory. But the soul goes a different journey. Cast out from the garden, And still remembering, It labors late To win back from the soil The grain of innocence. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW 800,000 VIBRATIONS TO THE SECOND by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER |
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