Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GRAVID, by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) Poet's Biography First Line: You go slender and light as before Last Line: But out of the air too is the flower grown. Alternate Author Name(s): Lyman, W. W., Mrs. Subject(s): Togetherness | ||||||||
You go slender and light as before With your straight stride; But the weight that weighs down in me You also bear in your side. The slackening of my step, The slowing of my life's beat, Makes your life also slacken, To keep your feet slow with my feet. The child turns in my flesh, The dream of him turns in your heart: Of our patience and all our waiting, Your part is an equal part. In the last pang, in the last persistence, It is my strength must endure; But ah, your will in my will Is what shall make me sure! Together we are bearing, beloved; Not I, the woman, of myself alone: The flower is formed out of the earth, But out of the air too is the flower grown. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WOMAN WITH FLAXEN HAIR IN NORFOLK HEARD by ROBERT KELLY YESTERDAY FROM MY FEVER by GALWAY KINNELL IF YOU COULD COME SOFTLY by AUDRE LORDE MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SILENT IN THE MOONLIGHT by ROBERT BLY ELLIS PARK by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) |
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