Have you found the one that made you think "This is why I keep trying".....?

Question

Beggars and Kings

In the evening

all the hours that weren't used

are emptied out

and the beggars are waiting to gather them up

to open them

to find the sun in each one

and teach it its beggar's name

and sing to it It is well

through the night

but each of us

has his own kingdom of pains

and has not yet found them all

and is sailing in search of them day and night

infallible undisputed unresting

filled with a dumb use

and its time

like a finger in a world without hands

-- W. S. Merwin

Answer 1

You made me cry, Buk.  I have found what I've been looking for all my life but it is beyond my grasp.

Answer 2

That was truly amazing. But ya'll can keep those aches and pains. I got enough and don't need no more. LOL

Answer 3

Here is one of the reasons I keep trying.

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Answer 4

Here's Miss Emmy having a hot flash.

Banish Air from Air—

Emily Dickinson

Banish Air from Air—

Divide Light if you dare—

They'll meet

While Cubes in a Drop

Or Pellets of Shape

Fit

Films cannot annul

Odors return whole

Force Flame

And with a Blonde push

Over your impotence

Flits Steam.

Answer 5

All of us are beggars and kings, and some throw their crowns in the dump.  Thanks for a blast from the past.  Love to wait around to see who shows up to criticize.

Answer 6

Its so interesting how this poem challenges all rules of punctuation; offering not a single little symbol. Yet, being so deep, with such mtaphor, its so light, clear, and transparent. If you didn't mention the name of the poet (Mervin or Merwin), I 'd 'v said that its yours; your expressions , your imagery, your eloquent style. Thanks  

Answer 7

A poem about beggars written by a king among poets

offered to us by my own favorite prince.

Thanks, Buk

ma

Answer 8

You mean that you want me to show my age and my ignorance?

Here's one I missed until last year. This one made me rethink everything, including my lack of education.

*****

PLATO TOLD

by E.E. Cummings

plato told

him:he couldn't

believe it(jesus

told him;he

wouldn't believe

it)lao

tsze

certainly told

him, and general

(yes

mam)

sherman;

and even

(believe it

or

not)you

told him:i told

him; we told him

(he didn't believe it, no

sir)it took

a nipponized bit of

the old sixth

avenue

el;in the top of his head :to tell

him

*****

Answer 9

This is deep. Had to read it twice. Between you and Ma; we are going to be smarter.

Answer 10

Very good Buk. Well after nearly 37 years of marriage  i am still trying.  

Answer 11

Not bad, whoever W.S. is

As he weeps to wicked birds of prey

Who pick up on his breadcrumb sins

There are no sins inside the Gates of Eden.

-- Dylan  (and I don't mean Thomas)