Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MIRROR, by ALICE PHELPS RIDER First Line: I am not what I was Last Line: Because of the past and the future. Subject(s): Identity | ||||||||
I am not what I was, Neither am I what I shall be; I see myself reflected In the deep, mystic pool of the present . . . And yet I am what I am Because of the past and the future. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY SKELETON, MY RIVAL by DAVID IGNATOW THE CARIBBEAN: LANGUAGE AS TRANSLUCENT IMMINENCE by WILL ALEXANDER THINGS (FOR AN INDIAN) TO DO IN NEW YORK (CITY) by SHERMAN ALEXIE IF I STAND IN MY WINDOW by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE WAY IT WAS by LUCILLE CLIFTON BESIDE MILL RIVER by MADELINE DEFREES |
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