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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A RHYME, by DAVID IGNATOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Do you know -- I don't -- what the trouble is
Last Line: And a very long pause.
First Line: Do you know -- I don't -- what the trouble is
Last Line: And a very long pause.
Do you know -- I don't -- what the trouble is?
It starts somewhere at the bottom
and works its way to the top.
It spreads around in a circle
until it comes to a stop,
and then it bores through the surface
and digs straight down through the ground
and what has been left standing
topples without a sound.
Do you know -- I don't -- what the trouble is?
For nothing is left of the matter
and no one can find out the cause.
It makes for some very sad chatter
and a very long pause.
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