The Buddha In The Womb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHIJKL FMNOPQRSTUV WRDBXY GZQA2B2 OC2D2| Bobbing in the waters of the womb | A |
| little godhead ten toes ten fingers | B |
| infinite hope | C |
| sails upside down through the world | D |
| - | |
| My bones I know are only a cage | E |
| for death | F |
| Meditating I can see my skull | G |
| a death's head | H |
| lit from within | I |
| by candles | J |
| which are possibly the suns | K |
| of other galaxies | L |
| - | |
| I know that death | F |
| is a movement toward light | M |
| a happy dream | N |
| from which you are loath to awaken | O |
| a lover left | P |
| in a country | Q |
| to which you have no visa | R |
| I know that the horses of the spirit | S |
| are galloping galloping galloping | T |
| out of time | U |
| into the moment called NOW | V |
| - | |
| Why then do I care | W |
| for this upside down Buddha | R |
| bobbling through the world | D |
| his toes his fingers | B |
| alive with blood | X |
| that will only sing die | Y |
| - | |
| There is a light in my skull | G |
| a light in his | Z |
| We meditate on our bones only | Q |
| to let them blow away | A2 |
| with fewer regrets | B2 |
| - | |
| Flesh is merely a lesson | O |
| We learn it | C2 |
| pass on | D2 |
Erica Jong
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