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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WORLD, by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: It burns in the void
Last Line: Upheld by stillness.
Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips
First Line: It burns in the void
Last Line: Upheld by stillness.
Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips
It burns in the void,
Nothing upholds it.
Still it travels.
Travelling the void
Upheld by burning
Nothing is still.
Burning it travels.
The void upholds it.
Still it is nothing.
Nothing it travels
A burning void
Upheld by stillness.
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