(1947-1995 / United States)

Poems of Jane Kenyon

1. Biscuit 1/13/2003
2. Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks 1/20/2003
3. Christmas Away From Home 4/21/2010
4. Dutch Interiors 1/20/2003
5. February: Thinking of Flowers 1/20/2003
6. Finding A Long Gray Hair 1/13/2003
7. Happiness 1/20/2003
8. Having it Out with Melancholy 1/20/2003
9. Let Evening Come 1/20/2003
10. Not Here 4/21/2010
11. Not Writing 4/21/2010
12. Notes from the Other Side 1/20/2003
13. Otherwise 1/13/2003
14. Portrait Of A Figure Near Water 4/21/2010
15. Private Beach 4/21/2010
16. Sun And Moon 4/21/2010
17. Taking Down The Tree 4/21/2010
18. The Blue Bowl 1/13/2003
19. The Pond At Dusk 4/21/2010
20. The Shirt 4/21/2010

Biscuit

The dog has cleaned his bowl
and his reward is a biscuit,
which I put in his mouth
like a priest offering the host.

I can't bear that trusting face!
He asks for bread, expects
bread, and I in my power
might have given him a stone.

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