Snowdrops Poem by Louise Gluck

Snowdrops

Rating: 3.9


Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know
what despair is; then
winter should have meaning for you.

I did not expect to survive,
earth suppressing me. I didn't expect
to waken again, to feel
in damp earth my body
able to respond again, remembering
after so long how to open again
in the cold light
of earliest spring--

afraid, yes, but among you again
crying yes risk joy

in the raw wind of the new world.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mahtab Bangalee 23 October 2020

afraid, yes, but among you again crying yes risk joy in the raw wind of the new world/// excellent poem penned; just life like

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P A Noushad 16 October 2020

Being my friend I experience your verses more touching way dear Louise Gluck.

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Colleen Courtney 14 May 2014

As the cold of. Winter disappears, the gentle warm spring can bring about a new rebirth.

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Louise Gluck

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