Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TELL NO ONE, by NINA WILLIS WALTER


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TELL NO ONE, by                    
First Line: Sh! Tell no one / that you hear voices, child
Last Line: Into their narrow patterns.
Subject(s): Children; Childhood


Sh! Tell no one
That you hear voices, child.
Let no one know
You hear the full earth speak
With tongue
That only you can understand.
Let it speak to your heart,
And listen carefully
To what it says.
Treasure its messages,
But keep them to yourself,
Lest others say,
"The child is queer,"
And try with fumbling hands
To mold you
Into their narrow patterns.





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