Living
A Careless Heart
From Poems (1922)
LivingThe Mind
A little breath can make a prayer,
A little wind can take it
And turn it back again to air:
Then say, why should you make it?
An ardent thought can make a word,
A little ear can hear it,
A careless heart forget it heard:
Then why keep ever near it?
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Codex Note
A nine-line poem that asks why make a prayer when a little wind can turn it back to air.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rosenberg, Isaac. “A Careless Heart.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rosenberg/25/.
Chicago
Rosenberg, Isaac. “A Careless Heart.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rosenberg/25/.
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