Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TWILIGHT DOOR, by JEANNETTE DERBY


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TWILIGHT DOOR, by                    
First Line: Twilight is-to most-a rising wall that brings the / dark
Last Line: Knowing that the dead most live!
Subject(s): Life


Twilight is—to most—a rising wall that brings the dark.
To me, now, it is a hyphen space
Between that compound, sorrow-peace.
I told a group of friends, some old, some new,
How just recently, I sat one unsuspecting twilight
That showed no outlet, save its bridge of night,
When something stirred, like a breeze low-circling
Seeking out a covered path to go—
Then a voice, as luminous as a shining door,
Swung an opening, letting music in, and light,
And gave me key for every twilight after—
A key that turned the twilight to a curtain,
Hiding exit that avoided pitfall-night....
And each man there, especially the singer and the poet—
Each stroked a conscious chin;
And every woman raised a speculating eyebrow....
But from him, whose voice had been the shining door,
Came the slight effect of laughter—
Laughter soft as whirling of a leaf....
They did not hear—but I rejoiced,
Knowing that the dead most live!





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