Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SMALL POET INQUIRES, by FLORENCE CROW


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A SMALL POET INQUIRES, by                    
First Line: I do not know the organ notes
Last Line: Shall I not play?


I do not know the organ notes,
Its stops and keys,
And so I cannot thunder its
Full harmonies.
I cannot draw a cello bow
Across its strings
So that you catch your breath and say
An angel sings.

But if I own a little pipe --
A hollow reed --
And know a tune that's wild and thin
Yet sweet indeed,
Learned of the river and the wind
One autumn day --
Learned maybe at the river's edge,
Shall I not play?





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