Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower--but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
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Comments1I gotta say, I'm not a huge fan of this one. That saying about plucking the flower out of the crannies just missed the mark for me. I mean, it's just a little flower - trying to tie it to understanding "what God and man is", feels a bit of stretch to me. I usually enjoy reading poems, but this one didn't really resonate.