Sunday, May 8, 2011

ABC


(Robert Pinsky, poet laureate, 1997-2000)

ABC

Any body can die, evidently. Few
Go happily, irradiating joy,

Knowledge, love. Many
Need oblivion, painkillers,
Quickest respite.

Sweet time unafflicted,
Various world:

X = your zenith.

~ Robert Pinsky, born 1940, American poet and translator
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3 comments:

  1. The old gentleman...May 8, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    After not one but two moments of reflection, I've reached the verdict that somewhere Pinsky must have done better than this...

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  2. maria horvathMay 8, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    I hope I wasn't unfair in my selection. The verse is clever and a break from the more pensive poems by the laureates posted here in the last weeks.

    Maria

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  3. The old gentleman...May 9, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    Well, then...maybe.

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