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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TEXAS ACRE IN SNOW, by LORA BETH PENNINGTON
First Line: Look! Nature is planting snow-flowers
Last Line: Only waiting, waiting silence.
Subject(s): Snow
First Line: Look! Nature is planting snow-flowers
Last Line: Only waiting, waiting silence.
Subject(s): Snow
Look! Nature is planting snow-flowers
On treetops and garden swinging gates,
And the crest of a waiting silent bird.
There is no sound...
Only waiting, waiting silence.
White labyrinths, white loopholes,
White gargoyles...and other things are hanging,
Aged,
With expressions as promising as lottery tickets.
Where poplars and hackberries stood
An hour ago.
This snow is falling cross-legged:
There is no east, no west,
Or north, or south.
An old, old woman sits motionless,
Forgetting her wares. She is a
Miniature Buddha, her trinkets
Little statues, and idols.
She is an old precious antique,
Sculptured in snow for an hour.
There is no sound...
An old, old woman, sitting cross-legged
In the snow, fallen cross-legged...
Only waiting, waiting silence.
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