Irving Layton Quote

How seasonably
leaf and blossom uncurl
and living things arrange their death,
while someone from afar off
blows birthday candles for the world.


Collected poems (ed. 1965)


How seasonably leaf and blossom uncurl and living things arrange their death, while someone from afar off blows birthday candles for the world.

How seasonably leaf and blossom uncurl and living things arrange their death, while someone from afar off blows birthday candles for the world.

How seasonably leaf and blossom uncurl and living things arrange their death, while someone from afar off blows birthday candles for the world.

How seasonably leaf and blossom uncurl and living things arrange their death, while someone from afar off blows birthday candles for the world.