Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HIS FIRST POEM, by NAOMI REYNOLDS



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HIS FIRST POEM, by                    
First Line: He learned rhythm from the brook in his father's pasture
Last Line: Where he was ostensibly copying a problem in permutations and combinations.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


He learned rhythm from the brook in his father's pasture,
Color, from wisteria and cardinal flowers,
And tenderness, from his love for a yellow cur,
But he wrote his first poem in a dusty classroom,
Where he was ostensibly copying a problem in permutations and combinations.





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