Two Seasons Poem by Galway Kinnell

Two Seasons

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I

The stars were wild that summer evening
As on the low lake shore stood you and I
And every time I caught your flashing eye
Or heard your voice discourse on anything
It seemed a star went burning down the sky.

I looked into your heart that dying summer
And found your silent woman's heart grown wild
Whereupon you turned to me and smiled
Saying you felt afraid but that you were
Weary of being mute and undefiled

II

I spoke to you that last winter morning
Watching the wind smoke snow across the ice
Told of how the beauty of your spirit, flesh,
And smile had made day break at night and spring
Burst beauty in the wasting winter's place.

You did not answer when I spoke, but stood
As if that wistful part of you, your sorrow,
Were blown about in fitful winds below;
Your eyes replied your worn heart wished it could
Again be white and silent as the snow.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM

Nice Poem Filled With Rhyming Words

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Love that transforms our gloomy sorrows to glittering smiles is a powerful sun to bring in instant season change

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Galway Kinnell

Galway Kinnell

Providence, Rhode Island
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