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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NAME, by ROBERT CREELEY Recitation by Author Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Be natural Last Line: Be more than the man / who watches Subject(s): Fathers & Daughters; Parents; Women; Parenthood | |||
Be natural, wise as you can be, my daughter, Let my name be in you flesh I gave you in the act of loving your mother, all your days, her ways, the woman in you brought for sensuality's measure, no other, there was no thought of it but such pleasure all women must be in her, as you. But not wiser, not more of nature than her hair, the eyes she gives you. There will not be another woman such as you are. Remember your mother, the way you came, the days of waiting. Be natural, daughter, wise as you can be, all my daughters, be women for men when that time comes. Let the rhetoric stay with me your father. Let me talk about it, saving you such vicious self- exposure, let you pass it on in you. I cannot be more than the man who watches. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY PARENTS HAVE COME HOME LAUGHING by MARK JARMAN BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOOKING IN AT NIGHT by MARY KINZIE THE VELVET HAND by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER CIVILIZING THE CHILD by LISEL MUELLER MISSING THE DEAD by LISEL MUELLER |
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