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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOUNTAIN INSOMNIA, by ELSA THUESEN
First Line: All through the black edges of night
Last Line: And I slept again.
Subject(s): Mountains; Night; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Bedtime
First Line: All through the black edges of night
Last Line: And I slept again.
Subject(s): Mountains; Night; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Bedtime
All through the black edges of night
And through the short star hours
The rats tinkered in the willow tree.
The crickets ground out their song
And coyotes howled with hoarse throats.
The black carcass of a deer hung
Cold from the branch, its horns
Were like a thick fork.
Just as the stars twinkled 'Adios'
The sky grew blue white
And I slept again.
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