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Once in my hand I held A glass made in Venice Shaped like some freezing flower And etched with a pattern so fine It fell like pollen on the surface. The glass, they said, Would break like old bone: Blown without lead. Holding it, I felt the strength of my hand. Early this morning I walked by the river, And the day lay brittle as glass: Frost glittering like flowers, An echo of the face of running water, Birds chiming like secret bells. The afternoon, they said, Would be cloudy. Broken, and heavy as lead. |
ERICA WAGNER |
from New Hope International Vol.14 #3 Next poem Previous poem |
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