THE chick in the egg picks at the shell, cracks open one oval world, and enters another oval world. "Cheep ... cheep ... cheep" is the salutation of the newcomer, the emigrant, the casual at the gates of the new world. "Cheep ... cheep" ... from oval to oval, sunset to sunset, star to star. It is at the door of this house, this teeny weeny eggshell exit, it is here men say a riddle and jeer each other: who are you? where do you go from here? (In the academies many books, at the circus many sacks of peanuts, at the club rooms many cigar butts.) "Cheep ... cheep" ... from oval to oval, sunset to sunset, star to star. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIENDS FOR OLD FRIENDS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE LITTLE GIRL LOST, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE CORIDON'S SONG (IN ISAAK WALTON'S 'COMPLEAT ANGLER') by JOHN CHALKHILL TO THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE [1611] by MICHAEL DRAYTON THE FALLOW DEER AT THE LONELY HOUSE by THOMAS HARDY SPARKLING AND BRIGHT by CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN THE LADY POVERTY by ALICE MEYNELL LUCASIA, ROSANIA, AND ORINDA PARTING AT A FOUNTAIN by KATHERINE PHILIPS |