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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WITHERED WOMAN, by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM
First Line: A withered woman on our street
Last Line: Made holy by the silent weeping for half-forgotten things.
Subject(s): Old Age; Women
First Line: A withered woman on our street
Last Line: Made holy by the silent weeping for half-forgotten things.
Subject(s): Old Age; Women
A WITHERED woman on our street
Has three small plants
That she places
Tenderly
On her porch every morning.
She goes downtown and never looks at the sky.
She goes by the florist and never looks at the flowers in bloom.
There is no paradox in this:
Old age does not bring us the swift, sweeping love for a long stretch of beauty
But the patient, quiet love,
Made holy by the silent weeping for half-forgotten things.
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