An Anthology of English and American Verse

A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit.

Dumb As old medallions to the thumb

(начало 442. Ars Poetica by Archibald Macleish)

A poem should be equal to: Not true.

For all the history of grief An empty doorway and a maple leaf.

For love The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea —

A poem should not mean But be.

(конец его же)

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore And that's what parents were created for.