TO THE POETS: TO MAKE MUCH OF LIFE
'come up now into
the world' no need to light
the lamps in daylight that passion
that light within
and without ( the old men were dancing
return
the return of the sun ) no need to light
lamps in the daylight working year
after
year the poem
discovered
in the crystal
center of the rock image
and image the transparent
present to we speak of the abyss
of the hungry we see their feet their tired
feet in the news and mountains and valley
and sea as in universal
storm
the fathers said we are old
we are shrivelled
come.
--George Oppen
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