The world is not Your philosophical problem. Generous with rigor, Bright blue regardless of heat, It flourishes in distance. The flowers we preserved, The owl-pocked forests We defended with spikes. Just try Not living your life. I dare you. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TRANSIENCE OF HANDS by KAREN SWENSON SONNET TO HIS FRIEND R.L. IN PRAISE OF MUSIQUE AND POETRIE by RICHARD BARNFIELD OLD LEM by STERLING ALLEN BROWN SUMMER WIND by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT TO THE LADYBIRD by MOTHER GOOSE THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AUREOLA by NELLIE COOLEY ALDER TO MR. BOWRING ON HIS POETICAL TRANSLATIONS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |