Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Poetry Exercise


"The Hound"

Life the hound
Equivocal
Comes at a bound
Either to rend me
Or to befriend me.

I cannot tell
The hound's intent
Till he has sprung
At my bare hand
With teeth or tongue.
Meanwhile I stand
And wait the event.

--Robert Francis (1901-1987)

What does this poem mean? Post you comments and we'll see what happens.

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