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August 23, 2007
A New Poem
In the Sequence:
Seed
Can we count the branches of the tree
from the oak's catkin?
The needles on the branches
from the pine cone?Can we tell how well
it will winter? What burden of snow it will
shed? What summer's heat will wilt
and burn--all from a seed?And from this one, how many others?
Can we know whether from this one
a whole forest springs or the sapling fails?
Posted by Steven Riddle at August 23, 2007 7:59 AM
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I like this.
Posted by: TSO at August 23, 2007 9:29 AM
I like poems that ask questions ...
Posted by: dylan at August 23, 2007 10:26 AM