Lens - “Begging Ended”
May Swenson divulges, “We wake in the other world, sky inside our eyelid./Lens swivelled inward.” The incident outlined in the poem transpires after a beginning or an end. The inward-swiveled lens is emblematic of the introspection that follows an explicit ‘beginning or end.’
Root - “Digging in the Garden of Age I Uncover a Live Root”
The root is indicative of omnipresent aging. A literal root propagates its depth in the soil eventually. Similarly, the root of life advances into the soil of life at time advances. A mature root signifies animate mellowness.
Archaeopteryx - “End”
The speaker speculates, “Maybe for there he’ll take wing- That’s it!-an ARCHAEOPTERYX!” The archaeopteryx exemplifies the souls’ infinite evolution. The soul would evolve unremittingly, after the speaker’s expiry, for it is mystical. The sublime soul does not lapse.
Float - “Earth will not let go”
May Swenson divulges, “Earth will not let go our foot/ except in her sea/ cup she lets us float.” Floating is allegorical of human survival. The earth brooks the existence of all humans by warranting that they will not plummet before their due time.
