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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALANCE AND BEAUTY, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: We go over to see the head of a woman
First Line: We go over to see the head of a woman
We go over to see the head of a woman --
even more: night and mandolin.
One has to be right-
handed to get into the microcosm.
We slip in the back-
door: both working from the other
side of our brains.
At Port Lympia
nobody notices how skillful
I am at cracking crab shells
with my right hand.
Don't anticipate.
Up here, slightly above skyline,
nothing invades our rest
in the shaded cavities of this hillside.
This is no picnic at Saint Philippe.
The head of the woman remains
an unrealized objective.
In the village of Helene
they ask why am I so sure
about this left-handed business.
I show them a map of my nervous system.
They say this proves nothing.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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