A blade of grass
de Brian Patten(2008)
1 min lectură
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You ask for a poem.
I offer you a blade of grass.
You say it is not good enough.
You ask for a poem.
I say this blade of grass will do.
It has dressed itself in frost,
It is more immediate
Than any image of my making.
You say it is not a poem,
It is a blade of grass and grass
Is not quite good enough.
I offer you a blade of grass.
You are indignant.
You say it is too easy to offer grass.
It is absurd.
Anyone can offer a blade of grass.
You ask for a poem.
And so I write you a tragedy about
How a blade of grass
Becomes more and more difficult to offer,
And about how as you grow older
A blade of grass
Becomes more difficult to accept.
Despre aceasta lucrare
- Autor
- Brian Patten
- Tip
- Poezie
- An
- 2008
- Cuvinte
- 138
- Citire
- 1 min
- Versuri
- 23
- Actualizat
Cum sa citezi
Brian Patten. “A blade of grass.” Clasici, Poezie.ro, https://poezie.ro/clasici/brian-patten/poezie/a-blade-of-grassIntrebari frecvente
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