Jane Kenyon Poems

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11.
Wash

All day the blanket snapped and swelled
on the line, roused by a hot spring wind....
From there it witnessed the first sparrow,
early flies lifting their sticky feet,
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12.
February: Thinking Of Flowers

Now wind torments the field,
turning the white surface back
on itself, back and back on itself,
like an animal licking a wound.
...

13.
Twilight: After Haying

Yes, long shadows go out
from the bales; and yes, the soul
must part from the body:
what else could it do?
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14.
Taking Down The Tree

'Give me some light!' cries Hamlet's
uncle midway through the murder
of Gonzago. 'Light! Light!' cry scattering
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15.
Dutch Interiors

Christ has been done to death
in the cold reaches of northern Europe
a thousand thousand times.
Suddenly bread
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16.
What Came To Me

I took the last
dusty piece of china
out of the barrel.
It was your gravy boat,
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17.
Portrait Of A Figure Near Water

Rebuked, she turned and ran
uphill to the barn. Anger, the inner
arsonist, held a match to her brain.
She observed her life: against her will
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18.
The Shirt

The shirt touches his neck
and smooths over his back.
It slides down his sides.
...

19.
Christmas Away From Home

Her sickness brought me to Connecticut.
Mornings I walk the dog: that part of life
is intact. Who's painted, who's insulated
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20.
Sun And Moon

Drugged and drowsy but not asleep
I heard my blind roommate's daughter
helping her with her meal:
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