A black figure dances in a black field. A black figure dances in a black field. It seizes a sheet-from the ground, from a bush-as if spread there by some washwoman It seizes a sheet-from the ground, from a bush-as if spread there by some washwoman for the night. for the night. It wraps the sheet around its body, until the black figure It wraps the sheet around its body, until the black figure is silver. is silver. It dances down a furrow, in the early light, back of It dances down a furrow, in the early light, back of a crazy plough, the green blades following. a crazy plough, the green blades following. How soon the silver fades in the dust ! How soon the How soon the silver fades in the dust ! How soon the black figure slips from the wrinkled sheet How black figure slips from the wrinkled sheet How softly the sheet falls to the ground ! softly the sheet falls to the ground ! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INDEPENDENCE DAY by ROYALL TYLER RIVER OF SEVILLE by AL-KUTANDI THE PEACE: TO HEAVEN ON A BEETLE by ARISTOPHANES TWELVE SONNETS: 9. WEARINESS by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) LOVE POSTPONED by RUTH FITCH BARTLETT |