Thursday, October 20, 2022

A Name by Ada Limón

A Name

 
When Eve walked among
the animals and named them—
nightingale, redshouldered hawk,
fiddler crab, fallow deer—
I wonder if she ever wanted
them to speak back, looked into
their wide wonderful eyes and
whispered, Name me, name me.



No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.