Sunday, November 24, 2013

November Snow

The Sunday night call with unexpected news.  On a week focused on giving thanks, there will be a little sadness.  Life's circle.  Taken from the poetryfoundation, this one is for Maggie.

A Chair in Snow
BY JANE HIRSHFIELD

A chair in snow
should be
like any other object whited
& rounded

and yet a chair in snow is always sad

more than a bed
more than a hat or house
a chair is shaped for just one thing

to hold
a soul its quick and few bendable
hours

perhaps a king

not to hold snow
not to hold flowers

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