In My Unknowing: Poems
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020
Paper: 978-0-8229-6615-9 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-8753-6
Library of Congress Classification PS3554.E532I5 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
Paper: 978-0-8229-6615-9 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-8753-6
Library of Congress Classification PS3554.E532I5 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In his new poetry collection, Chard deNiord explores the paradoxical nature of unknowing.
I WEPT WITH JOY ABOVE THE RIVER
I wept with joy above the river.
I wept with sorrow above the river.
My tears were clear, both sweet and bitter.
One leaf cried out to another,
“Empty me today of all my color.
Fill me tomorrow with a shot of sugar.”
This was the still ritual for my feet:
To stand on the earth that took of earth earth with ill and sing.
I WEPT WITH JOY ABOVE THE RIVER
I wept with joy above the river.
I wept with sorrow above the river.
My tears were clear, both sweet and bitter.
One leaf cried out to another,
“Empty me today of all my color.
Fill me tomorrow with a shot of sugar.”
This was the still ritual for my feet:
To stand on the earth that took of earth earth with ill and sing.
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