The world, how
The world, how greenesses
pop up. I’d forgotten. To be
found millions of years later,
mountains of bones ground down.
The tiniest with the largest.
You rise to the top
from the Great Rift
to meet me again.
Credit
Copyright © 2015 by Martha Rhodes. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on December 17, 2015, by the Academy of American Poets.
About this Poem
“‘The world, how’ is an excerpt from a book-length sequence of poems in progress entitled ‘The Thin Wall.’ The collection is comprised, in part, of disrupted narratives that ride to the page through short lyrics.”
—Martha Rhodes
Author
Martha Rhodes
Martha Rhodes is the author of five poetry collections, including The Thin Wall (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017).
Date Published
12/17/2015