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Wednesday Feb 16, 2005

Feb 16, 2005
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Valentine for Earnest Mann
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You can't order a poem like you order a taco.
Walk up to the counter, say, "I'll take two,"
and expect it to be handed to you
on a shiny plate.

Still, I like your spirit.
Anyone who says, "Here's my address,
write me a poem," deserves something in reply.
So I'll tell you a secret instead:
Peoms hide. In the bottoms of our shoes,
they are sleeping. They are the shadows
drifting across our ceilings the moment
before we wake up. What we have to do
is live in a way that lets us find them.

Once I knew a man who gave his wife
two skunks for a valentine.
He couldn't understand why she was crying.
"I thought they had such beautiful eyes."
And he was serious. He was a serious man
who lived in a serious way. He really
liked those skunks. So he re-invented them
as valentines and they became beautiful.
At least, to him. And the poems that had been hiding
in the eyes of skunks for centuries
crawled out and curled up at his feet.

Maybe if we re-invent whatever our lives give us
we find poems. Check your garage, the odd sock
in your drawer, the person you almost like, but not quite.
And let me know.

-Naomi Shihab Nye
_sarah_:
What do you need help with? I have a bit of experience with Coleridge, but not much.
Feb 17, 2005
_sarah_:
Eek. I've never read that one. I read "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan".
Feb 17, 2005

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