All the Small Poems and Fourteen More Quotes

“The tiger
has swallowed
a black sun.

In his cold
cage he
carries it still.

Black flames
flicker through
his fur.

Black rays roar
from the centers
of his eyes.”
― Valerie Worth, All the Small Poems and Fourteen More

“The sun
Is a leaping fire
Too hot
To go near,

But it will still
Lie down
In warm yellow squares
On the floor

Like a flat
Quilt, where
The cat can curl
and purr.”
― Valerie Worth, All the Small Poems and Fourteen More