Burning a Book by William Stafford
The Poem:
Protecting each other, right in the center...
English, 12.11.2020 16:50 maryanapritchak1829
Burning a Book by William Stafford
The Poem:
Protecting each other, right in the center
a few pages glow a long time.
The cover goes first, then outer leaves
curling away, then spine and a scattering.
Truth, brittle and faint, burns easily,
its fire as hot as the fire lies makeā
flame doesnāt care. You can usually find
a few charred words in the ashes.
And some books ought to burn, trying for character
but just faking it. More disturbing
than book ashes are whole libraries that no one
got around to writingādesolate
towns, miles of unthought in cities,
and the terrorized countryside where wild dogs
own anything that moves. If a book
isnāt written, no one needs to burn itā
ignorance can dance in the absence of fire.
So Iāve burned books. And there are many
I havenāt even written, and nobody has.
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