Here is one of the more stunningly good pieces of poetry I've come across in my minor league literature career. I saw this collection approx one year ago, and I've wanted it ever since... I have it now - installed in my personal canon right next to Grass Roots and Given. When I read this poem, I just say yes, yes - everything is right... the words are perfect.
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Carp
On the river bottom,
the carp have blown out
all the candles.
They whisper along
over the closed, black
bibles of clams.
Water-monks these,
with mouths like those
of angels singing,
but not angelic,
so very naked now
in darkness,
their cool, hard bodies
touching, among
the tapestries of weed.
-Ted Kooser
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Carp
On the river bottom,
the carp have blown out
all the candles.
They whisper along
over the closed, black
bibles of clams.
Water-monks these,
with mouths like those
of angels singing,
but not angelic,
so very naked now
in darkness,
their cool, hard bodies
touching, among
the tapestries of weed.
-Ted Kooser
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