Thursday, January 25, 2007

Mary Oliver Writes Billy Collins

Mary Oliver Writes Billy Collins

Perhaps you've noticed how dark
this pool has become, how it
makes these cattails look

like silly flags the frogs
ran up to surrender
their evening voices?

I'm asking you this question
in my notebook, though
I don't even know

who you are
or how you came upon
this pool with

its darkness,
its frogs, its flags
of surrender.

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