- Dr.Pragya Suman
Poem of the Week
Egg by Linda Pastan is an epitome of figurative language and symbolism.
Egg
         BY LINDA PASTAN
In this kingdomÂ
the sun never sets;Â
under the pale ovalÂ
of the skyÂ
there seems no way inÂ
or out,Â
and though there is a sea hereÂ
there is no tide.
For the egg itselfÂ
is a moonÂ
glowing faintlyÂ
in the galaxy of the barn,Â
safe but for the spoon'sÂ
ominous thunder,Â
the first delicate crackÂ
of lightning.
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Bio: Poet Linda Pastan was raised in New York City but has lived for most of her life in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. In her senior year at Radcliffe College, Pastan won the Mademoiselle poetry prize (Sylvia Plath was the runner-up). Immediately following graduation, however, she decided to give up writing poetry in order to concentrate on raising her family. After ten years at home, her husband urged her to return to poetry. Since the early 1970s, Pastan has produced quiet lyrics that focus on themes like marriage, parenting, and grief. She is interested in the anxieties that exist under the surface of everyday life. She died recently in February 2023.
