I was on the C train and saw this poem posted as part of the “Poetry in Motion” series that Barnes & Noble does. To be honest, I don’t always like those poems because they seem really…elementary. But I loved this one called Wilderness by Lorine Niedecker:
You are the man
You are my other country
and I find it hard going.
You are the prickly pear
You are the sudden violent storm
the torrent to raise the river
to float the wounded doe.
