Description
Rucksack
Consider this book of mine
as if it were a rucksack
containing what you might need
if you were to step outside your door.
There are poems heavily knitted
as fishermen’s jerseys
in case you should find yourself
all at sea. Others are
like handkerchiefs
you can put in your pocket —
some of these poems
are commonplace as soap —
you can stand under the shower with them.
Some are casual as jandals —
one or two have soles tough
as tramping boots.
I wrote them while walking down a road
with bare feet.
