1347: Dawn Revisted | Rita Dove
"Dawn Revisted"
Rita Dove
Imagine you wake up
with a second chance: The blue jay
hawks his pretty wares
and the oak stands still, spreading
glorious shade. If you don't look back,
the future never happens.
How good to rise in sunlight,
in the prodigal smell of biscuits --
eggs and sausage on the grill.
The whole sky is yours
to write on, blown open
to a blank page. Come on,
shake a leg! You'll never know
who's down there, frying those eggs,
if you don't get up and see.
On this day in...
2010: Weekend, no poem
2009: Weekend, no poem
2008: "Father Carlo" by Emilie Ana Rosenblatt and "Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni
2007: "Breaking Up" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
temporary as the summer sun,/but right now, it's the boundaries of my life
Rita Dove
Imagine you wake up
with a second chance: The blue jay
hawks his pretty wares
and the oak stands still, spreading
glorious shade. If you don't look back,
the future never happens.
How good to rise in sunlight,
in the prodigal smell of biscuits --
eggs and sausage on the grill.
The whole sky is yours
to write on, blown open
to a blank page. Come on,
shake a leg! You'll never know
who's down there, frying those eggs,
if you don't get up and see.
On this day in...
2010: Weekend, no poem
2009: Weekend, no poem
2008: "Father Carlo" by Emilie Ana Rosenblatt and "Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni
2007: "Breaking Up" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
temporary as the summer sun,/but right now, it's the boundaries of my life