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Archibald MacLeish
Collected Poems 1917 to 1982
by Archibald MacLeish
The Snowflake Which Is Now And Hence Forever
Will it last? he says.
Is it a masterpiece?
Will generation after generation
Turn with reverence to the page?
Birdseye scholar of the frozen fish,
What would he make of the sole, clean, clear
Leap of the salmon that has disappeared?
To be, yes!βwhether they like it or not!
But not to last when leap and water are forgotten,
A plank of standard pinkness in the dish.
They also live
Who swerve and vanish in the river.
Book:
Collected Poems 1917 to 1982
by Archibald MacLeish
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Archibald MacLeish
1892 - 1982
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1892 - 1982
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