Poetry Corner
by Lawrence Spiro

This list poem is an inventory of contrasting ideas found in the beginning of a famous book. The contrasts are separated by caesura.

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Will Creation

dark // light

naught // infinity

iota // vast

birds // serpents

Thought

innocence // knowledge

close // far

flat // polydimension

health // decay

height // weight

up // down

east // west

north // south

forward // back

slow // fast

plus // minus

nurture // kill

shallow // deep

flood // desert

us // dust

nothing // something

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