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Simic,
Charles
. Serbian-American poet; 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry US Poet Laureate 2007–2008
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Heights Of Folly
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Written by:
Charles
Simic
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O crows circling over my head and cawing!
I admit to being, at times,
Suddenly, and without the slightest warning,
Exceedingly happy.
On a morning otherwise sunless,
Strolling arm in arm
Past some gallows-shaped trees
With my dear Helen,
Who is also a strange bird,
With a feeling of being summoned
Urgently, but by a most gracious invitation
To breakfast on slices of watermelon
In the company of naked gods and goddesses
On a patch of last night's snow.
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