Dignity, by David Ignatow
Rocks jut out of the sea
and ships maneuver
to avoid them. One
sails steadfastly through,
fighting off an undertow,
and the rocks have dignity
they lacked before.
From “At My Ease” by David Ignatow, edited by Virginia R. Terris (BOA Editions: 136 pp., $13.50)
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