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On the Horizon: A Week of Doodle, and Other Poems
Reed Whittemore — March 1954
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A Week of Doodle
Monday
I will now address myself to the problem of writing
A few lines, a very few lines each day
During this winter of waiting and waiting and waiting
For something to say,
So that this special skill by which I live,
This talent of mine with an image, a rhyme and a pen,
Will suffer as little from cold and snow and neglect
As a well-oiled gun,
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