|
Bly,
Robert
A poet, author, and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement in the United States.. American poet author activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement
|
 Email Poem
Snowfall in the Afternoon
|
|
Written by:
Robert
Bly
|
1
The grass is half-covered with snow.
It was the sort of snowfall that starts in late afternoon
And now the little houses of the grass are growing dark.
2
If I reached my hands down near the earth
I could take handfuls of darkness!
A darkness was always there which we never noticed.
3
As the snow grows heavier the cornstalks fade farther away
And the barn moves nearer to the house.
The barn moves all alone in the growing storm.
4
The barn is full of corn and moves toward us now
Like a hulk blown toward us in a storm at sea;
All the sailors on deck have been blind for many years.
Comments
|
|
|