Originally published October 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified October 28, 2007 at 2:01 AM
Print"Swan in Falling Snow" by Denise Levertov
Upon the darkish, thin, half-broken ice
Swan in Falling Snow
Upon the darkish, thin, half-broken ice
There seemed to lie a barrel-sized, heart-shaped snowball,
Frozen hard, its white
identical with the untrodden white
of the lake shore. Closer, its somber face—
Mask and beak—came clear, the neck's
Long cylinder, and the splayed feet, balanced,
Weary, immodbile. Black water traced, behind it,
An abandoned gesture. Soft in still air, snowflakes
Fell and fell. Silence
Deepened, deepened. The short day
Suspended itself, endless.
— Denise Levertov
Copyright © 2007 The Seattle Times Company
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