The Self and the Mulberry
by Marvin Bell
I wanted to see the self, so I looked at the mulberry.
It had no trouble accepting its limits,
yet defining and redefining a small area
so that any shape was possible, any movement.
It stayed put, but was part of all the air.
I wanted to learn to be there and not there
like the continually changing, slightly moving
mulberry, wild cherry and particularly the willow.
Like the willow, I tried to weep without tears.
Like the cherry tree, I tried to be sturdy and productive.
Like the mulberry, I tried to keep moving.
I couldn’t cry right, couldn’t stay or go.
I kept losing parts of myself like a soft maple.
I fell ill like the elm. That was the end
of looking in nature to find a natural self.
Let nature think itself not manly enough!
Let nature wonder at the mystery of laughter.
Let nature hypothesize man’s indifference to it.
Let nature take a turn at saying what love is!
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Владимир Британишский – Екатеринбургский модерн
- Loves Blindness
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 56. Томас Мур.
- The Innovator by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Robert Burns: Lovely Polly Stewart:
- politeness.html
- Олег Бундур – Учительница открыла журнал
- First Verse
- Николай Заболоцкий – Кулак, владыка батраков
- The Blind Man by Théophile Gautier
- My Daughter by Preeth Nambiar
- One Day You Will Miss Me.. by Rahul S
- Robert Burns: Clarinda, Mistress Of My Soul:
- Ode for General Washington’s Birthday by Robert Burns
- Федор Сваровский – Путешественники во времени. свидетель зиндийского удара
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).