In Praise of the Small
[ Issue 29 ]

In Praise of the Small

It takes Bet Briggs no more than twelve lines to say it in her poem In Praise of the Small.

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In Praise of the Small — Bet Briggs

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Smaller than my small finger

this little glass

has power there:

a tender eye

to magnify

a word, a moon, a star.

Like that tiny lens

may mine see large

and beautiful

all the wonders small,

the shyly hidden

and the intricate make clear.