Innocent decision: to enjoy.
And the pathos
of hopefulness, of his solicitude:
--he in mended serape,
she having plaited carefully
magenta ribbons into her hair,
the baby a round half-hidden shape
slung in her rebozo, and the young son steadfastly
gripping a fold of her skirt,
pale and severe under a handed-down sombrero --
all regarding
the stills with full attention, preparing
to pay ad go in--
to worlds of shadow-violence, half-
familiar, warm with popcorn, icy
with strange motives, barbarous splendors!
Triple Feature
Denise Levertov
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Poem topics: baby, hair, son, hidden, innocent, severe, shadow, young, skirt, attention, warm, shape, enjoy, strange, decision, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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