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View this email on a browser Forward to a friend March 31, 2014   Sonnet   Bill Knott

The way the world is not Astonished at you It doesn’t blink a leaf When we step from the house Leads me to think That beauty is natural, unremarkable And not to be spoken of Except in the course of things The course of singing and worksharing The course of squeezes and neighbors The course of you tying back your raving hair to go out And the course of course of me Astonished at you The way the world is not           Copyright © 1989 by Bill Knott. Used with permission of the author's literary executor, Robert Fanning.   Bill Knott was the author of over ten books of poetry and numerous self-published volumes. His honors include the Iowa Poetry Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Knott died on March 12, 2014. Most Recent Book by Knott   The Unsubscriber: Poems (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004) "Render, Render" by Thomas Lux "Meaning" by Carl Dennis "Tear It Down" by Jack Gilbert Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit poets.org   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038