Michael and the mainecourse wizards of poetry analysis,<\/p>\n
I’ve been dissecting this interesting poem about Astronomy, and think I understand the first three stanzas but not the fourth:<\/p>\n
When The Smoke Clears<\/p>\n
The mind, that rambling bear, ransacks the sky
\n In search of honey,
\nFish, berries, carrion. It minds no laws \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\nAs if the heavens were some canvas tent,
\n It slashes through the firmament
\nTo prise up the sealed stores with its big paws. <\/p>\n
The mind, that sovereign camel, sees the sky
\n For what it is:
\nEach star a grain of sand along the vast
\nPassage to that oasis where, below
\n The pillared palms, the portico
\nOf fronds, the soul may drink its fill at last. <\/p>\n
The mind, that gorgeous spider, webs the sky
\n With lines so sheer
\nThey all but vanish, and yet star to star
\n(Thread by considered thread) slowly entwines
\n The universe in its designs\u00e2\u20ac\u201d
\nUn-earthing patterns where no patterns are. <\/p>\n
The mind, that termite, seems to shun the sky.
\n It burrows down,
\nTunneling in upon that moment when,
\nIn Time\u00e2\u20ac\u201dits element\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwill come a day
\n The longest-shadowed tower sway,
\nUnbroken sunlight fall to earth again.<\/p>\n
— by Brad Leithauser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michael and the mainecourse wizards of poetry analysis, I’ve been dissecting this interesting poem about Astronomy, and think I understand the first three stanzas but not the fourth: When The Smoke Clears The mind, that rambling bear, ransacks the sky … Continue reading