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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 CHAMBER MUSIC: 16 by JAMES JOYCE BROTHERHOOD (2) by EDWIN MARKHAM NIGHTMARE, FR. IOLANTHE by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT THE BARREL-ORGAN by ALFRED NOYES |
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