Planet Earth (by P.K. Page)
Original Text:
P.K. Page, Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New, Ed. Eric Ormsby (Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 2002).
This
poem
is reproduced on the Griffin Prize Web Site
(from a volume on the 2003 Canadian Shortlist).
1It has to be loved the way a laundress loves her linens,
2the way she moves her hands caressing the fine muslins
3knowing their warp and woof,
The rest of the poem cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.RPO poem Editors:
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition:
2011