Classic and Contemporary Poetry

JOTTINGS: BREAST OF EARTH by JAMES OPPENHEIM

First Line: BREAST OF EARTH, WITH ALL THESE SEA-WORN STONES
Last Line: WHAT BEAUTY WITHIN YOU...

@3BREAST of earth, with all these sea-worn stones,
Tumbled together, gray, purple and brown, red and green and white,
What beauty within you...@1

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