“The winter field is not
the field of summer lost in snow; it is
another thing, a different thing.
“We shouted, we shook you,” you tell me,
but there was no sound, no face, no fear, only
oblivion–why shouldn’t it be so?
After they’d pierced a vien and fished me up,
after they’d reeled me back they packed me under
blanket on top [...]
Archive for November, 2006
“Winter Field” by Ellen Bryant Voigt
Published November 7th, 2006 archive in Group 3, Leah and ethershop. 1 CommentSong for Autumn, by Mary Oliver
Published November 6th, 2006 archive in Andrew, Group 2 and ethershop. 0 CommentsIn the deep fall
don’t you imagine the leaves think how
comfortable it will be to touch
the earth instead of the
nothingness of air and the endless
freshets of wind? And don’t you think
the trees themselves, especially those with mossy,
warm caves, begin to think
of the birds that will come — six, a dozen — to sleep
inside their bodies? And [...]
First she gave me the wound by accident.
Then the tourniquet she tied unwound by accident.
Your friend may want to start running.
I gave his scent to the hounds by accident.
Balloons on the mailbox, ambulance in the driveway.
Bobbing for apples I drowned by accident.
Did someone tell the devil we were building Eden?
Or did he slither on the [...]
Representative Poetry Online
Published November 3rd, 2006 archive in Group 1, Jason and ethershop. 1 Comment http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/
I thought this would be a good place to share my favorite poetry site with some like-minded individuals. The RPO site has a large collection of major English-speaking poets from many eras. As it stands on canon, there are fewer present-day poets than might be desired by some, but there is no real use in expecting any [...]
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