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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOUSE WITH YELLOW SMOKE SONNET, by JANE MILLER Poet's Biography
First Line: Two daughters who seemed to be listening
Last Line: Of her spine.
Subject(s): Boredom; Daughters; Mothers & Daughters; Sleep; Ennui
First Line: Two daughters who seemed to be listening
Last Line: Of her spine.
Subject(s): Boredom; Daughters; Mothers & Daughters; Sleep; Ennui
Two daughters who seemed to be listening.
Was I the mother, was not this
our house? Naria half-slept
seeping out of a nightmare
like yellow smoke. Beyond that -
was it cold by the lake today?
the chill of this child
whose star dazzled elsewhere -
ash. I had to go without a single light.
May Claire's hair be down, may the lace canopy
never entirely cover her most perfect
quality, ennui.
Even as she sleeps
I trespass, counting the lonely mansion railings
of her spine.
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