Where can I find Don Marquis' Archy poem, Takes Talent?

Question

I read this poem when I was younger and would love to read it again for free only. Do you know where I can find it? Do you know it by heart? Please type it below. Thank you!

Answer 1

I don't think it's online, but Don Marquis has written several Archy books.  If you want to read it for free, I'd try looking for any of Marquis' books at your local library, or in poetry anthologies.

Sorry I don't have it memorized.  But it shouldn't be too difficult to find.

Found it!

Takes Talent

by Don Marquis

there are two

kinds of human

beings in the world

so my observation

has told me

namely and to wit

as follows

firstly

those who

even though they

were to reveal

the secret of the universe

to you would fail

to impress you

with any sense

of the importance

of the news

and secondly

those who could

communicate to you

that they had

just purchased

ten cents worth

of paper napkins

and make you

thrill and vibrate

with the intelligence

archy