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Poem by Elizabeth Bishop


To Be Written on the Mirror in Whitewash


I live only here, between your eyes and you, 
But I live in your world. What do I do? 
--Collect no interest--otherwise what I can; 
Above all I am not that staring man.



Elizabeth Bishop


Elizabeth Bishop's other poems:
  1. Rain Towards Morning
  2. Manuelzinho
  3. Sonnet (Caught - the bubble)
  4. View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress
  5. Giant Snail


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