Is it time yet?
As I study you,
I think not.
You have decided
not to show yourself,
and I can see
no further into you.
Let us wait together,
and here and there
take turns teasing,
poking, putting on —
and perhaps by accident
reveal a surprise
to us both.
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This is part of a modest string of poems. They are collected on this page: https://5h2o.wordpress.com/my-window-at-night/.
Poems from in between 
5 responses to “My window at night, v”
“You have decided/not to show yourself,/and I can see/no further into you.”
These lines are resonating with me…the whole thing is deceptively short and simple, but oh, how thought-provoking. Meta-poetry?
p.s. I’m glad you have collected these on one page! 🙂
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Thanks for encouraging me to pull them together. I think it is easier for people to follow.
It is funny that you refer to meta-poetry. This whole series is kind of inspired by reading Wallace Stevens’ Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (that poem breaks my brain)
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I love that poem. One of my top favorites…I used to read it with teens in writing workshops, and it puzzled me when they didn’t swoon over it.
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You’ve done the yeoman’s work of teaching poetry to teens! Wow. My 18-year-old son read one of my poems and said, ‘I like this, but I think I am not old enough to understand it.’ Maybe he did not like it and was being nice, but I do think there is something to that. For sure, there are many poems (all of Shakespeare, for instance) that was introduced to me as a teen but that I could not start getting my fingers into until many years/decades later. The key I think is to let them know it is there and then hope they open it up again when they are more ready. Thanks for raising their consciousness!
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Sorry. Posted that too soon. I would only add that I think there is more work to do here, my usual conclusion.
Thanks so much for your insights! Always good to hear them.
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