THE cooper should know about tubs. But I learned about life as well, And you who loiter around these graves Think you know life. You think your eye sweeps about a wide horizon, perhaps, In truth you are only looking around the interior of your tub. You cannot lift yourself to its rim And see the outer world of things, And at the same time see yourself. You are submerged in the tub of yourself -- Taboos and rules and appearances, Are the staves of your tub. Break them and dispel the witchcraft Of thinking your tub is life! And that you know life! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SARAH'S MONSTERS by KAREN SWENSON ANGLOSAXON STREET by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY A MUSICAL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR I SIT AND SEW by ALICE RUTH MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK OF MAIDENS' PRAISE: AN INVOCATION by SAINT ALDHELM LATE AUTUMN by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM PSALM 7; UPON WORDS OF CHUSH THE BENJAMITE; AUGUST 14, 1653 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |