May 4, 2008

Today's poem is from We Meet, to be published by New Directions. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

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WHERE?
by Kenneth Patchen

There's a place the man always say
Come in here, child
No cause you should weep
Wolf never catch the rabbit
Golden hair never turn white with grief
Come in here, child
No cause you should moan
Brother never hurt his brother
Nobody here ever wander without a home
There must be some such place somewhere
But I never heard of it