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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE QUIET I, by ORRICK JOHNS Poet's Biography First Line: I am the center of a sea Last Line: The violent morning radiate from the womb. | |||
I am the center of a sea, Dim, translucent, quiet and content With silver thoughts that pass swiftly through me, Darting at darkness or at light, not speaking, Not intending, not proceeding. Or if I move it is a single swaying, Like space upon its curved branch of light; My chaos has this hidden center of quiet; My waves and storms and long unsatisfied surfs, My bottomless mouth of appetite, my cries, Are stilled in what they come from, and eternal. The violent morning radiate from the womb. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INTERPRETER by ORRICK JOHNS TO GALLANT FRANCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LINCOLN TRIUMPHANT by EDWIN MARKHAM WRITTEN FOR MY SON, AND SPOKEN BY HIM AT HIS FIRST PUTTING ON BREECHES by MARY BARBER THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD: PASTORAL 3. THE HAPPY COUNTRYMAN by NICHOLAS BRETON |
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