Linda Pastan Flower Poems
- 1. The Months
January
Contorted by wind,
mere armatures for ice or snow,
... - 2. Prosody 101
When they taught me that what mattered most
was not the strict iambic line goose-stepping
over the page but the variations
in that line and the tension produced
... - 3. A New Poet
Finding a new poet
is like finding a new wildflower
out in the woods. You don't see
... - 4. Vermilion
Pierre Bonnard would enter
the museum with a tube of paint
in his pocket and a sable brush.
Then violating the sanctity
... - 5. Shadblow
Because the shad
are swimming
in our waters now,
...
