Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POEM, by DOROTHY LIVESAY Poet's Biography First Line: Nights soft armor welds me into thought Last Line: Its steady course. Subject(s): Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
Night's soft armor welds me into thought Pliant and all engaging; warm dark, No scintillations to distract Nor any restless ray, moon-shot. I am still of all but breathing No throbbing eye, no pulse; and a hushed heart. Sometimes at rest, the bones assume World's weight, hold us dumb We cannot lift a finger, flick An eyelash, wag a tongue; Breath is the only fluctuation in Death's posture, stony, dumb. Then is all sound fled Flown from the fluted ear Wind in the heavy head Can find no corridor And then is sight so bound Lids petrified to earth Only one light is found Imagination's going forth! Only the heaven sent Pulse of the universe Beats through the buried heart Its steady course. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN |
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