I have a life that did not become,that turned aside and stopped,astonished:I hold it in me like a pregnancy oras on my lap a childnot to grow old but dwell on it is to his grave I mostfrequently return and returnto ask what is wrong, what waswrong, to see it all bythe light of a…
Design By A. R. Ammons
The drop seeps wholefrom boulder-lichenor ledge moss and drops, joining, to trickle,run, fall, dash,sprawl in held deeps, to rush shallows, spillthin through heights,but then, edging,…
Cut The Grass By A. R. Ammons
The wonderful workings of the world: wonderful,wonderful: I’m surprised half the time:ground up fine, I puff if a pebble stirs: I’m nervous: my moarality’s intricate:…
Crowride By A. R. Ammons
When the crowlands, thetip of the sprung spruce bough weighsso low, thesystem so friction-free, the bobbing lastsway past anyinterest in the subject.
Corsons Inlet By A. R. Ammons
I went for a walk over the dunes again this morningto the sea,then turned right alongthe surfrounded a naked headlandand returned along the inlet shore:…
Clarity By A. R. Ammons
After the event the rocksliderealized,in a still diversity of completion,grain and fissure,declivity&force of upheaval,whether rain slippage,ice crawl, rootexplosion orstream erosive undercut: well I said it…
Called Into Play By A. R. Ammons
Fall fell: so that’s it for the leaf poetry:some flurries have whitened the edges of roads and lawns: time for that, the snow stuff: &turkeys and…
An Improvisation For Angular Momentum By A. R. Ammons
Walking is likeimagination, asingle stepdissolves the circleinto motion; the eye hereand there restson a leaf,gap, or ledge,everything flowingexcept wheresight touches seen:stop, though, andreality snaps backin,…
After Yesterday By A. R. Ammons
After yesterdayafternoon’s blueclouds and white rainthe mockingbirdin the backyarduntied the drops fromleaves and twigswith a long singing.
The Race. By A. Hoatson
Has anyone heard of the wonderful race Of the frogs and the greyhounds, the rabbits and cats? They rode it on bicycles, sixteen in all, And the umpires…