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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHORD, by STUART JOHN DYBEK
First Line: A man steps out of sunlight, / sunlight that steams like grace
Last Line: As it folds into its case.
First Line: A man steps out of sunlight, / sunlight that steams like grace
Last Line: As it folds into its case.
A man steps out of sunlight,
sunlight that streams like grace,
still gaping at blue sky
staked across the emptiness of space,
into a history where shadows
assume a human face.
A man slips into silence
that began as a cry,
still trailing music
although reduced to the sigh
of an accordion
as it folds into its case.
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