On Waking in Winter
You catch the arc
of a hooded memory
a whiskery feeling
splits away
but the verge clings
deepens all day
shadows define
but make no sense
a poplar singing summer
a glass of still watches
a cut in the palm of your hand
blooms a window
~ Found poem composed/modified from words in Eavan Boland’s poem “A Different Light”
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I absolutely love this poem, especially the third stanza!! Great job!
every line hangs above the next and drips