Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WALKING TO OAK-HEAD POND, AND THINKING OF THE PONDS I WILL VISIT IN THE NEXT DAYS AND WEEKS, by MARY OLIVER Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is so utterly invisible Subject(s): Ponds; Future | ||||||||
What is so utterly invisible as tomorrow? Not love, not the wind, not the inside of a stone. Not anything. And yet, how often I'm fooled-- I'm wading along in the sunlight-- and I'm sure I can see the fields and the ponds shining days ahead-- I can see the light spilling like a shower of meteors into next week's trees, and I plan to be there soon-- and, so far, I am just that lucky, my legs splashing over the edge of darkness, my heart on fire. I don't know where such certainty comes from-- the brave flesh or the theater of the mind-- but if I had to guess I would say that only what the soul is supposed to be could send us forth with such cheer as even the leaf must wear as it unfurls its fragrant body, and shines against the hard possibility of stoppage-- which, day after day, before such brisk, corpuscular belief, shudders, and gives way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WE ARE THOSE PEOPLE by ROBINSON JEFFERS GRANITE AND CYPRESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS WATCH THE LIGHTS FADE by ROBINSON JEFFERS A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TWO SONNETS, IN 1972: 1. FEBRUARY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR FUTURES by JOSEPHINE MILES WRITTEN DURING DEPRESSION: HOW TO BE HAPPY by MARVIN BELL A MAN CAME TUESDAY by JOHN CIARDI FORESEEABLE FUTURES by DANIEL HALPERN |
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