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Poetry · Reflection
THE BALLOON
18 May 2015
“Hands, do what you’re bid;
Bring the balloon of the mind
That bellies and drags in the wind
Into its narrow shed.”
William Butler Yeats
Photo: The Balloon Merchant, 1931
Jules Brassai
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