Hi grasshopper,
A neat poem with many resonances: knowing why the caged bird sings, or Rita
Dove's comment about form - where poetry is the tightest cage (for words),
and do you know jaq
>From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New sub: Burden
>Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 02:02:39 +0100
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> Burden
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>I am so happy with my words,
>I keep them in a cage like birds.
>I feed them dandelions and seed
>and find there's little that they need.
>I change their sand-sheets every day.
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>In case they want to fly away
>I leave the cage door swinging wide
>but they sit peacefully inside
>the bars, and bathe and preen and sing.
>I love my words like anything!
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> grasshopper
>
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