Happy Birthday Paul Muldoon
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Paul Muldoon is an Irish poet who is living and working now.
The snail moves like a
Hovercraft, held up by a
Rubber cushion of itself,
Sharing its secret
With the hedgehog. The hedgehog
Shares its secret with no one.
We say, Hedgehog, come out
Of yourself and we will love you.
We mean no harm. We want
Only to listen to what
You have to say. We want
Your answers to our questions.
The hedgehog gives nothing
Away, keeping itself to itself.
We wonder what a hedgehog
Has to hide, why it so distrusts.
We forget the god
under this crown of thorns.
We forget that never again
will a god trust in the world.
Also a Happy Belated-by-almost-a-month Birthday to Walt Whitman
http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1891/index.html - a link to an Online Copy of Leaves of Grass, a large book of his poems.
O that you and I escape from the rest and go utterly off, free and
lawless,
Two hawks in the air, two fishes swimming in the sea not more
lawless than we...
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe
and strong,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young
fellows, robust, friendly, ...
SOMETIMES with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I effuse
unreturn'd love,
Yet out of that I have written these songs.)
The snail moves like a
Hovercraft, held up by a
Rubber cushion of itself,
Sharing its secret
With the hedgehog. The hedgehog
Shares its secret with no one.
We say, Hedgehog, come out
Of yourself and we will love you.
We mean no harm. We want
Only to listen to what
You have to say. We want
Your answers to our questions.
The hedgehog gives nothing
Away, keeping itself to itself.
We wonder what a hedgehog
Has to hide, why it so distrusts.
We forget the god
under this crown of thorns.
We forget that never again
will a god trust in the world.
Also a Happy Belated-by-almost-a-month Birthday to Walt Whitman
http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1891/index.html - a link to an Online Copy of Leaves of Grass, a large book of his poems.
O that you and I escape from the rest and go utterly off, free and
lawless,
Two hawks in the air, two fishes swimming in the sea not more
lawless than we...
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe
and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, |
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, |
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deck- hand singing on the steamboat deck, |
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, |
The wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morn- ing, or at noon intermission or at sundown, |
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, |
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, |
fellows, robust, friendly, ...
SOMETIMES with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I effuse
unreturn'd love,
But now I think there is no unreturn'd love, the pay is certain one way or another, |
(I loved a certain person ardently and my love was not return'd, |
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