Margaret Atwood Red 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. Variations On The Word Love
This is a word we use to plug
holes with. It's the right size for those warm
blanks in speech, for those red heart-
shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing
... - 3. Spelling
My daughter plays on the floor
with plastic letters,
red, blue & hard yellow,
learning how to spell,
... - 4. Night Poem
There is nothing to be afraid of,
it is only the wind
changing to the east, it is only
your father the thunder
... - 5. The Circle Game
The children on the lawn
joined hand to hand
go round and round
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