Death & Dying
Columbus Cheney
From Spoon River Anthology (1916)
Death & Dying
This weeping willow!
Why do you not plant a few
For the millions of children not yet born,
As well as for us?
Are they not non-existent, or cells asleep
Without mind?
Or do they come to earth, their birth
Rupturing the memory of previous being?
Answer!
The field of unexplored intuition is yours.
But in any case why not plant willows for them,
As well as for us?
Cite this poem
MLA
Masters, Edgar Lee. “Columbus Cheney.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/masters/210/.
Chicago
Masters, Edgar Lee. “Columbus Cheney.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/masters/210/.
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