Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BROTHER BEASTS, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poet's Biography First Line: Winter is here / and there are no leaves Last Line: May have some goal. Subject(s): Animals; Dreams; Soul; Stars; Winter; Nightmares | ||||||||
Winter is here And there are no leaves On the naked trees, Save stars twinkling As the wind blows. Soft to the branches The little screech-owl Silently comes, Silently goes, With weird tremolos. I would go out And gather the stars The wind shakes down, Were they not scattered So far in the West. I would go ask The little screech-owl If he finds ease There in his nest After his quest. I would go learn If the small grey mouse Who sets up house In the frozen meadow Dreams of the stars; Or what he thinks There in the dark When flake on flake Of white snow bars Him in with its spars. I would go out And learn these things, That I may know What dream or desire Troubles my brothers In nest or hole. For even as I, The owl and the mouse, Or blinded mole With unborn soul, May have some goal. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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