A reading of a simple poem about self-control: “A Japanese Print” written by Ruth Mason Rice

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A CURVE for the shore,
A line for the leanoun / lee / leas an open pasture laid fallow for grazing When I was a child I grew up by the River Lea.There was something in the water, now that something's in me.Oh I can't go back, but the reeds are growing out of my fingertips.I can't,
A tint for the sky
Where the sunrise will be.
A stroke for a gull, a sweep for the main;
The skill to do more —
With the will to refrain.

Reading Selection:

A Japanese Print by Ruth Mason Rice. (1955). In E. Markham (Ed.), Anthology of the World’s Best Poems (Memorial Ed., Vol. I, p. 576). New York: Wm.H. Wise & Co.

Artwork:

Andō, H. (1858) Suruga Satta no kaijō / Hiroshige-ga. Fuji Japan Mount Suruga Bayverb / bey / bayed / bayer to howl with a deep, prolonged bark, like a dog on the prowl I‘M a lean dog, a keen dog, a wild dog, and lone;I’m a rough dog, a tough dog, hunting on my own;I’m a bad dog, a mad dog, teasing silly she, 1858. [Tokyo: Tsuta-ya Kichizō] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666332/.

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