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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIX MOVEMENTS; FOR MRS. EDWARD MACDOWELL: 3. ROBIN, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG Poet's Biography
First Line: He takes a lot of staccato steps, stops
Last Line: Like a terrified crowd or an angle worm.
Subject(s): Robins
First Line: He takes a lot of staccato steps, stops
Last Line: Like a terrified crowd or an angle worm.
Subject(s): Robins
He takes a lot of staccato steps, stops --
Like a busy toe-dancer with dizzy tops
That never cease spinning, twinkling a minute
Until they come to the end of what's in it.
He runs on a line like a tight-rope walker --
Tries not to look scared -- nor to answer a talker.
He might be as deaf as a man who surveys
Two spots with a string for the high wire ways.
No matter how fast he may go or stop dead --
He holds his head still -- an oblivious head;
But just down below, they twist and they squirm --
Like a terrified crowd or an angle worm.
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