I am a grave poetic hen
That lays poetic eggs
And to enhance my temperament
A little quiet begs.
We make the yolk philosophy,
True beauty the albumen.
And then gum on a shell of form
To make the screed sound human.
~Ezra Pound
"I am offering this poem to you, since I have nothing else to give." ~Jimmy Santiago Baca
I am a grave poetic hen
That lays poetic eggs
And to enhance my temperament
A little quiet begs.
We make the yolk philosophy,
True beauty the albumen.
And then gum on a shell of form
To make the screed sound human.
~Ezra Pound
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What a way to describe it 🙂
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I’ve always loved this one because it was so different a way of describing it!
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This is awesome! I’m love with the first two lines…wish I was a grave poetic hen 🙂
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“And to enhance my temperament
A little quiet begs.”
Those are my favorite lines 😉
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This whole poem is YOU…I think that’s why I loved it so much 🙂
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