Poems 26 and 27 - Dudley Wright and Jellyfish
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Feb 27, 2014, 7:18:43 AM2/27/14
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Students recite one or both of these poems to earn a brownie point!
Dudley Wright – Franz Wright (1953- )
Lighting a candle for my father
I am also my father
lighting a candle
for his
in the past, where he is
also his father
lighting one for me
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Jellyfish – Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
Visible, invisible,
a fluctuating charm
an amber-tinctured amethyst
inhabits it, your arm
approaches and it opens
and it closes; you had meant
to catch it and it quivers;
you abandon your intent
Lighting a candle for my father
I am also my father
lighting a candle
for his
in the past, where he is
also his father
lighting one for me
____________________________________________
Jellyfish – Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
Visible, invisible,
a fluctuating charm
an amber-tinctured amethyst
inhabits it, your arm
approaches and it opens
and it closes; you had meant
to catch it and it quivers;
you abandon your intent
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