F E B R U A R Y 1 9 5 8 ![]() THE WINNERby Peter Davison | |||||||||||||
![]() (For help, see a note about the audio.) Also by Peter Davison: You (2000) Best Friend (2000) These Days (2000) Falling Water (1998) No Escape (1997) On Mount Timpanagos, 1935 (1997) Like No Other (1997) "I Hardly Dream of Anyone Who Is Still Alive" (1995) The Unfrocked Governess (1994) The Passing of Thistle (1989) The Obituary Writer (1974) Gifts (1965) Go to: An Audible Anthology Poetry Pages |
I hear a child inside, Crying to be let out.
"No," shouts the swaggering Self,
Mind's on his mettle now,
Copyright © 1958 by Peter Davison. All rights reserved. As published in The Poems of Peter Davison (Knopf, 1995). Originally published in The Atlantic Monthly, February 1958. |
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