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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE QUIET I, by ORRICK JOHNS Poet's Biography
First Line: I am the center of a sea
Last Line: The violent morning radiate from the womb.
First Line: I am the center of a sea
Last Line: The violent morning radiate from the womb.
I am the center of a sea,
Dim, translucent, quiet and content
With silver thoughts that pass swiftly through me,
Darting at darkness or at light, not speaking,
Not intending, not proceeding.
Or if I move it is a single swaying,
Like space upon its curved branch of light;
My chaos has this hidden center of quiet;
My waves and storms and long unsatisfied surfs,
My bottomless mouth of appetite, my cries,
Are stilled in what they come from, and eternal.
The violent morning radiate from the womb.
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