The Worriers' Guild.
The Worriers' Guild
Today there is a meeting of the
Worriers' Guild,
and I'll be there.
The problems of Earth are
to be discussed
at length
end to end
for five days
end to end
with 1100 countries represented
all with an equal voice
some wearing turbans and smocks
and all the men will speak
and the women
with or without notes
in 38 languages
and nine different species of logic.
Outside in the autumn
the squirrels will be
chattering and scampering
directionless throughout the town
because
they aren't organized yet.
From How Men Pray, copyright 2005 by Philip F. Deaver Philip F. Deaver is an American poet and writer from Tuscola, Illinois. His work has appeared in dozens of literary magazines. Among them are the New England Review, The Kenyon Review, Frostproof Review, The Florida Review, Poetry Miscellany . Used by permission of Anhinga anhinga or snakebird Any fish-eating bird of the family Anhingidae (order Pelecaniformes), sometimes considered a single species (Anhinga anhinga) with geographical variants. Anhingas are about 35 in. (90 cm) long, slender, and long-necked. Press, Tallahassee Tallahassee (tăləhăs`ē), city (1990 pop. 124,773), state capital and seat of Leon co., NW Fla.; inc. 1825. Tallahassee is a wholesale trade and distribution center for the surrounding lumber, livestock, and agricultural area. , FL, USA, and the author. |
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