Tuesday, September 7, 2010

A Happy Birthday


(Mrs. William Frazer of Delaware, 1798
by William Clarke, American painter)

Today is my birthday.

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

This evening, I sat by an open window
and read till the light was gone and the book
was no more than a part of the darkness.
I could easily have switched on a lamp,
but I wanted to ride this day down into night,
to sit alone and smooth the unreadable page
with the pale gray ghost of my hand.

~ Ted Kooser, born 1939, U. S. Poet Laureate 2004-2006
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1 comment:

  1. CarolSeptember 8, 2010 at 11:31 AM

    Happy Birthday, one day late! I hope you had a wonderful day.

    ReplyDelete

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