Saturday, June 9, 2018

101 Poems, Number 37


Favorite Poems Throughout My Life






37: “Home,” in Another World Instead: The Early Poems (2008), by William Stafford (191493)

The form is very clipped—
The lines are brief.
And thinking of a rhyme
Is pure relief

When syllables are few—
When lines are short.
A challenge very stern—
Olympic sport!

His father here he writes
About—the debt
He knows he owes to him—
The loss, regret.

So quick to memorize—
Now in my brain.
Not much to puzzle here—
Nor to explain.


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