Rebecca Elson
Rebecca Elson
(1960 - 1999 / Canada)
Rebecca Elson Poems
1. | Carnal Knowledge | 6/20/2016 |
2. | We Astronomers | 8/29/2016 |
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We Astronomers
We astronomers are nomads,
Merchants, circus people,
All the earth our tent.
We are industrious.
We breed enthusiasms,
Honour our responsibility to awe.
But the universe has moved a long way off.
Sometimes, I confess,
Starlight seems too sharp,
And like the moon
I bend my face to the ground,
To the small patch where each foot falls,
Before it falls,
And I forget to ask questions,
And only count things.
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