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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SEALS IN PENOBSCOT BAY, by KAREN SWENSON Poet's Biography First Line: The seals dive in the sun-dimpled bay Last Line: Closest to the meaning of our awe. Subject(s): Happiness; Seals (animals); Joy; Delight | |||
The seals dive in the sun-dimpled bay disappearing into clarity and we sit silent in the aluminum boat as bird-watchers waiting for a call to reappear among leaves. Invisible to our patience, what we name "joy" supples beneath the wave feathers silence in the leaves. Like rain-slicked seedpods the seals lie on the tide-mumbled rocks and we are still in our silver shell as Christmas Eve children in awe of the thing whose meaning is tacit in not touching as in touching we come closest to the meaning of our awe. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL |
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