Poem of the Day, December 25th 2009


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Richard Wilbur - The Riddle

Shall I love God for causing me to be?
I was mere utterance; shall these words love me?

Yet when I caused His work to jar and stammer,
And one free subject loosened all His grammar,

I love Him that He did not in a rage
Once and forever rule me off the page,

But, thinking I might come to please Him yet,
Crossed out 'delete' and wrote His patient 'stet'.

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Poet: Richard Wilbur Poem: The Riddle Last read: Dec 25 2009, 5:33AM Poem of the Day: Dec 25 2009 Viewed 1542 times. Added Apr 28 2005.

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