Cold Truth

|

The cold light of truth in four lines from a poem.

from "The Imaginary Iceberg"
Elizabeth Bishop

We'd rather have the iceberg than the ship,
Although it mean the end of travel.
Although it stood stock still like cloudy rock
And all the sea were moving marble.

Bookmark and Share

Categories

Pages

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Steven Riddle published on September 5, 2007 10:36 AM.

Reading too Much Roethke was the previous entry in this blog.

A Poetic Haitus is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

My Blogroll