Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HER VOICE, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG


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First Line: Her eyes have already transfixed him
Last Line: He is quiet.
Subject(s): Cypress Trees; Eyes; Voices


Her eyes have already transfixed him,
and it only remains for her mouth
to transport him.

Her mouth just assumes the pert form
of a cross that is dimpled, then grave,
as she presses him on
to the next generation.

What thought can avail to revive him,
unless he should spy his own boy
building blocks,
his own girl playing house?

Herself will be busy with ferns, yes
and plants in old pots and old vases --
and she who might likewise be thinking
won't have to.

The night without, peopled with silent,
dark cypresses lured on to stars,
had her voice --
now the light of the dawn.

Having listened to that, now to this,
and grown slowly bereft of himself --
he is quiet.





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