1 january ,2016

One Art

The art of losing isn't hard to master;

so many things seem filled with the intend

To be lost that their loss is no disaster

Lose something every day,accept the fluster

Of lost door keys ,the hour badly spent.

The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther,losing faster;

places,and names,and where it was you meant to travel

None of these will bring disaster

I lost my mothers watch.And look!my last ,or

next -to- last,of three loved houses went

The art of losing isn't hard to master

I lost two cities,lovely ones.And vaster,

some realms I owned,two rivers,a continent

I miss them,but it wasn't a disaster.

-Even losing you( the joking voice,a gesture

I loved) I shan't have lied.Its evident

The art of losing isn't hard to master

Though it may look(write it !)like disaster

Elisabeth Bishop