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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PERSPECTIVE, by LENA HALL
First Line: I folded trees as shepherds fold their flocks
Last Line: Weaving a seamless robe from broken strands.
Subject(s): Sheep; Trees
First Line: I folded trees as shepherds fold their flocks
Last Line: Weaving a seamless robe from broken strands.
Subject(s): Sheep; Trees
I folded trees as shepherds fold their flocks --
Watching them cut a pathway to the stars,
As a young lamb will spurn the pasture bars
To dare the peril of emancipate rocks.
I strode with shrinking moons the purple hills,
Till amber morning hung upon my lips;
And handled with orchestral finger tips
The miracle of fresh-blown daffodils.
Later, the stooping shoulders of a man
Building a highway, blotted out the sun;
And uncreative earth since time began
Fluttered in shade, subordinate and dun.
I am at peace to-day with dominant hands
Weaving a seamless robe from broken strands.
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