For the Graduation [Bolinas, 1972]

for Kate

Round and round

again, and

up and down

again—always

these days do

go by, and

this one is yours

to go by.

This walking on

and on, this

going and coming—

this morning

shines such lovely

light on

all of us.

We’re home.

From The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945–1975, by Robert Creeley, © 2006 by the Regents of the University of California. Published by the University of California Press. Used with permission of the University of California Press and the Estate of Robert Creeley.