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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BALLOON MAN, by JEAN M. BATCHELOR First Line: How can he unenraptured stand Last Line: Seeing it shrink, all worlds are so. Subject(s): Balloons; Bubbles; Happiness; Joy; Delight | |||
How can he unenraptured stand Who marvelously may command Seven suns in either hand? Turning on a twisted thread, Constellations green and red Float above his placid head, And as he walks, each hollow ball, A bobbing planet smooth and small, Must with his motion rise and fall. He who for silver would possess Cheaply a private world, no less, To satisfy his happiness, Wholly his own to loose or bind, May with this merchant quickly find The bubble brightest to his mind; Then, having bought, may watch it go Slowly to nothing, and may know, Seeing it shrink, all worlds are so. | 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 ROBERT FROST RELATES THE DEATH OF THE TIRED MAN by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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