Our Most Persistent Whys Poem by Dennis Ryan

Our Most Persistent Whys



February 9,2006

"In the weed of summer comes this green sprout why."
- Wallace Stevens, "Questions Are Remarks"

Though sciences, social sciences explain some of our persistent hows, nothing sufficiently explains our most persistent whys.

Monday, January 14, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: human condition,knowledge,mystery,questions
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The speaker of the poem notes the fact that some things in life defy explanation no matter how many times we ask why it/they happen.
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Dennis Ryan

Dennis Ryan

Wellsville, New York
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