Poem-a-Day, April 2: Sharks & Roses

At the cemetery, I noticed how each rose
grew on a shark-infested stem.

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This couplet comes from contemporary British poet Craig Raine's first collection, The Onion, Memory (1978). Raine is perhaps best known for describing our everyday visual experience of the world from the point of view of a Martian trying to make sense of it all.


Poems shorter than haiku were also featured for Poem-a-Day April 20, 2007; Poem-a-Day April 5, 2008; and Poem-a-Day April 14, 2008.

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