(1 February 1927 / Providence, Rhode Island)

poet Galway Kinnell
#431 on top 500 poets
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Wait

Wait, for now.
Distrust everything, if you have to.
But trust the hours. Haven't they
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Comments about this poem (Wait by Galway Kinnell )

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  • Minka Wrks (9/22/2012 10:49:00 AM)

    the poem becomes animated in the beautiful andrew bird version: http: //www.youtube.com/watch? v=wx6ikxdNfbU&feature=BFa&list=PL4958B23BB2E74595

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  • Manonton Dalan (6/10/2012 5:38:00 PM)

    i can't wait any longer;
    it's killing me

    3 person liked.
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  • Tim Gavin` (12/4/2004 6:08:00 PM)

    This has always been a favorite Kinnell poem of mine. The imagery is rich and the advice the speaker gives the younger person who is contemplating suicide is so practical 'Wait' and even 'Distrust everything, if you have to./ But trust the hours. Haven't they/ carried ' to this point and won't they carry the young person from this point onward. A beautiful poem!

    6 person liked.
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  • Frederick Kesner (12/3/2004 5:32:00 PM)

    i loved reading this!
    it's like whispering heart secrets aloud: _)
    Ricky

    4 person liked.
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