ఒక చెట్టునుండి ఆకు తీసుకో

దాని ఆకారం యథా తథంగా అనురేఖనం చెయ్యి

దాని అంచులూ

లోపలి గీతలూ

రెమ్మకి ఎలా అతుక్కుని ఉందో జ్ఞాపకం పెట్టుకో

(అలాగే, కొమ్మకి ఈ రెమ్మ ఎలా వాలి ఉందో కూడా)

అది ఎలా ఏప్రిల్ లో చిగురిస్తుందో

అదే జులై ఆగష్టు నెలాఖరు వచ్చేసరికి

ఎంత సర్వాంగసుందరంగా ఉంటుందో.

దాన్ని నీ చేతిలో నలిపి చూడు

అప్పుడు  గ్రీష్మాంతవేళ

దాని విషాదాన్ని వాసనచూడొచ్చు;

దాని కాండాన్ని నమిలి చూడు

శరత్తులో గాలికి దాని గలగలలు విను

నవంబరు గాలికి అది ఆవిరైపోవడం గమనించు.

అప్పుడు చలికాలంలో

ఏ ఆకూ కనిపించనప్పుడు…

నువ్వొక ఆకుని సృష్టించు.

.

ఈవ్ మెరియం.

(July 19, 1916 – April 11, 1992)

అమెరికను.

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.

take the leaf of a tree

trace its exact shape

the outside edges

and inner lines

memorize the way it is fastened to the twig

(and how the twig arches from the branch)

how it springs forth in April

how it is panoplied in July

by late August

crumple it in your hand

so that you smell its end-of-summer sadness

chew its woody stem

listen to its autumn rattle

watch it as it atomizes in the November air

then in winter

when there is no leaf left

invent one

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Eve Merriam

(July 19, 1916 – April 11, 1992)

American

Bio:

Eve Merriam is a poet, playwright, director, and lecturer. Born in  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1916, she attended Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin, Columbia University,   and has taught and lectured at many other institutions. Her first   book, Family Circle (1946), was selected for the Yale Series of Younger   Poets by Archibald MacLeish. In addition to her adult poetry, she has also   written picture books and a number of books of poetry for children,   including There is No Rhyme for Silver (1964), It Doesn’t Always Have to   Rhyme (1964), The Inner City Mother Goose (1969), Catch a Little Rhyme   (1966), Finding a Poem (1970), Out Loud (1973), and Rainbow Writing   (1976). The controversial Inner City Mother Goose, which Merriam once   referred to as “just about the most banned book in the country,” was the   basis for a 1971 Broadway musical, Inner City, and a second musical   production, Street Dreams (1982), which was performed in San Francisco,   Chicago and New York City. In 1981, she was named the winner of the NCTE  Award for Ex.

Poem and Bio Courtesy:

http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.in/2000/05/reply-to-question-can-you-become-poet.html

For more info about the poet pl. visit : http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/159