A. R. Ammons Green Poems
- 1. Shit List; Or, Omnium-gatherum Of Diversity Into Unity
You'll rejoice at how many kinds of shit there are:
gosling shit (which J. Williams said something
was as green as), fish shit (the generality), trout
... - 2. Mule Song
Silver will lie where she lies
sun-out, whatever turning the world does,
longeared in her ashen, earless,
floating world:
... - 3. Corsons Inlet
I went for a walk over the dunes again this morning
to the sea,
then turned right along
the surf
... - 4. Still
I said I will find what is lowly
and put the roots of my identity
down there:
each day I'll wake up
... - 5. Gravelly Run
I don't know somehow it seems sufficient
to see and hear whatever coming and going is,
losing the self to the victory
of stones and trees,
...
