Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT A WINDOW SILL, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To write a sonnet needs a quiet mind Last Line: From high apartment windows, in the dark. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity | ||||||||
To WRITE a sonnet needs a quiet mind.... I paused and pondered, tried again. To write.... Raising the sash, I breathed the winter night: Papers and small hot room were left behind. Against the gusty purple, ribbed and spined With golden slots and vertebrae of light Men's cages loomed. Down sliding from a height An elevator winked as it declined. Coward! There is no quiet in the brain -- If pity burns it not, then beauty will: Tinder it is for every blowing spark. Uncertain whether this is bliss or pain The unresting mind will gaze across the sill From high apartment windows, in the dark. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM FOR JAMES WRIGHT by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE GAIETY OF FORM by ROBERT BLY WAITING FOR THE STARS by ROBERT BLY A PARIS BLACKBIRD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SUNDAY DRIVE THROUGH EAGLE COUNTRY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR FALLEN by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR GENTLY BENT TO EASE US'; FOR BILL KNOTT by NORMAN DUBIE FOR RANDALL JARRELL, 1914-1965 by NORMAN DUBIE ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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