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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE QUIET I, by ORRICK JOHNS Poet's Biography First Line: I am the center of a sea Last Line: The violent morning radiate from the womb. | |||
I am the center of a sea, Dim, translucent, quiet and content With silver thoughts that pass swiftly through me, Darting at darkness or at light, not speaking, Not intending, not proceeding. Or if I move it is a single swaying, Like space upon its curved branch of light; My chaos has this hidden center of quiet; My waves and storms and long unsatisfied surfs, My bottomless mouth of appetite, my cries, Are stilled in what they come from, and eternal. The violent morning radiate from the womb. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INTERPRETER by ORRICK JOHNS THE BOOK OF STONES AND LILIES by AMY LOWELL THE FARM CHILD'S LULLABY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ROUGE BOUQUET [MARCH 7, 1918] by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: CONVOY ESCORT by RUDYARD KIPLING |
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