Margaret Atwood Sun 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. Morning In The Burned House
In the burned house I am eating breakfast.
You understand: there is no house, there is no breakfast,
yet here I am.
... - 3. 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
... - 4. Spelling
My daughter plays on the floor
with plastic letters,
red, blue & hard yellow,
learning how to spell,
... - 5. Death Of A Young Son By Drowning
He, who navigated with success
the dangerous river of his own birth
once more set forth
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