Margaret Atwood Head Poems
- 1. A Sad Child
You're sad because you're sad.
It's psychic. It's the age. It's chemical.
Go see a shrink or take a pill,
or hug your sadness like an eyeless doll
... - 2. Variation On The Word Sleep
I would like to watch you sleeping,
which may not happen.
I would like to watch you,
sleeping. I would like to sleep
... - 3. The Landlady
This is the lair of the landlady
She is
a raw voice
... - 4. Postcards
I'm thinking about you. What else can I say?
The palm trees on the reverse
are a delusion; so is the pink sand.
What we have are the usual
... - 5. Death Of A Young Son By Drowning
He, who navigated with success
the dangerous river of his own birth
once more set forth
... - 6. The Circle Game
The children on the lawn
joined hand to hand
go round and round
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