Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LAYING STONE WALL, by FRED LAPE



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LAYING STONE WALL, by                    
First Line: I'll go and lay that corner of stonewall
Last Line: One can be glad to be remembered by.
Subject(s): Stones; Walls; Granite; Rocks


I'll go and lay that corner of stonewall,
now that the ground no longer heaves with frost,
and two new bluebirds gone housekeeping call
sharply over a feather they have lost.

My father used to lay stonewalls, and laid
them well. You see their straight lines standing yet
firm and untoppled. In a wall he made
a bargain with the years and left no debt.

I hope mine lasts to some far distant spring.
I'd like some future boy one day to spy
it standing here. A good stonewall's a thing
one can be glad to be remembered by.





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