I Send Two Sunsets
poem 308
art & creativity
lyric poem
playful
I send Two Sunsets Day and I in competition ran I finished Two and several Stars While He was making One His own was ampler but as I Was saying to a friend Mine is the more convenient To Carry in the Hand
I Send Two Sunsets - meaning Summary
Modest Works, Private Value
The speaker imagines a friendly rivalry with Day (or the sun), each producing sunsets. The speaker claims to have finished two small sunsets and a few stars while Day made one larger, grander sunset. The poem frames modest, portable creations as preferable to a single impressive work, suggesting personal, intimate accomplishments can be more useful or meaningful than public grandeur.
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