Analysis of Today

#17   Today I had the strangest thought
         And I suddenly realized
         I am not the greatest poet in the world

I was shocked to discover this
         And I started thinking about
         Poems I had written before I had learned this

Although I had heard from others
         That I was a darned good poet
         I could not bring myself to believe these words
         I still feel I am not that good
         Well I didn’t know what else to say
         With this, I’ll be on my way, Have a nice day

#18    I guess things are not that bad
                                                      Today
          Well at least not as bad as
                                                    Yesterday
          And who knows what they will be like
                                                    Tomorrow

#19     Searching for beauty
           Within the simplest of things
           Was easy today

Edwin Tanguma   07/15/2002