Passing the American graveyard, for my birthday
the crosses stuttering, white on tropical green,
the years- quick focus of faces I do not remember . . .
The palm trees stalking like deliberate giants
for my birthday, and all the hot adolescent memories
seen through a screen of water . . .
For my birthday thrust into the adult and actual:
expected to perform the action, not to ponder
the reality beyond the fact,
the man standing upright in the dream.
Poem For My Twentieth Birthday
Kenneth Koch
(1)
Poem topics: dream, green, remember, water, white, screen, reality, perform, action, birthday, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Previous Poem
Fresh Air Poem>>
Write your comment about Poem For My Twentieth Birthday poem by Kenneth Koch
Best Poems of Kenneth Koch