This was an english assignment. A found poem using the words of Henry David Thoreau.
eclectic. enlightenment.
fogs from frost in the spring
The gray color and ruinous state of the house and barn
Dilapidated fences, hollow apple trees
enjoy these advantages
I did not wish to live what was not life
Error upon Error, Clout upon Clout
life is frittered away by Detail
keep your accounts on your thumbnail
Clouds and Storms and Quicksands
all External and Superficial
It lives too fast.
How shall we get to heaven in season?
Tradition and conformity!
I do not wish to go
Castles in the air
That is where they should be
The true ethereal heaven
Light which puts out our eyes
Only that day dawns to which we are awake
There is more day to dawn.
The sun is but a morning star.
