Strange Metamorphosis of Poets
From epigram to epic is the course
For riders of the American winged horse.
They change both size and sex over the years,
The voice grows deeper and the beard appears;
Running for greatness they sweat away their salt,
They start out Emily and wind up Walt.
From The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov , copyright ┬® by Howard Nemerov. Reprinted by permission of Margaret Nemerov.
For riders of the American winged horse.
They change both size and sex over the years,
The voice grows deeper and the beard appears;
Running for greatness they sweat away their salt,
They start out Emily and wind up Walt.
From The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov , copyright ┬® by Howard Nemerov. Reprinted by permission of Margaret Nemerov.
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