. . . . . . . . (1) THE ORIGIN OF SKY was from the light of his own robe he took & stretched it like a robe the skies were rolling out from he figured that should do it in Shadai's words "shall do" -- became his name then -- then firmed it up (they say) "thy covering of thyself "with light "is like a robe "the way thou stretchest the sky out "'s like a curtain (2) THE ORIGIN OF EARTH took snow or ice -- 'twas underneath his throne -- & dropped it on the waters then they became congealed earth's crust was formed from it (they say) "he tells the snow "be earth Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MATRES DOLOROSAE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES SIGNS OF THE TIMES by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR BURNING STRAWPILES by EVA K. ANGLESBURG THE TWICKENHAM AIR by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB THE OUTCAST MOTHER by EMILY JANE BRONTE WASHINGTON by EVALYN TERRY BROOKS PACCHIAROTTO AND HOW HE WORKED IN DISTEMPER by ROBERT BROWNING |