Eighty degrees
Mouth opening
Words away
Nothing like a totally spur-of-the-moment poem to introduce another poem! Here is a favorite from my readings in poetry class. Keep in mind that the author is being sarcastic about how people think that the world is ugly.
Gubbinal
That strange flower, the sun,
Is just what you say.
Have it your way.
The world is ugly
And the people are sad.
That tuft of jungle feathers,
That animal eye,
Is just what you say.
That savage fire,
That seed,
Have it your way.
The world is ugly
And the people are sad.
By Wallace Stevens (1879-1955). Taken from Writing Poems, Eighth Edition by Michelle Boisseau, Hadara Bar-Nadav, and Robert Wallace (pg 13-4).
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