From the point of view of all time These recent changes signal More a return to nature than a departure, than degradation. In the beginning, after all, There was boiling rock. Then waters arranging their bodies Around an era of softer forms: Lichen, grassland, swaying treetops. Then pavement hardening and cities, monumental. Soon mostly rock again, and radiant. More and more like moon. Soon, sooner than is being thought, There will be even more light. The creatures will have stopped being able to move or be moved. And the rock will boil. Copyright © 2000 by The Modern Poetry Association. This poem appears in the December 2000 issue of @3Poetry@1 Magazine. http://www.poetrymagazine.ord | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARIANNA ALCOFORANDO by SARA TEASDALE APPROACH OF WINTER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ODE TO THE CUCKOO by MICHAEL BRUCE THE HAPPIEST HEART by JOHN VANCE CHENEY THE VILLAIN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE BARBER'S by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |