“A Day is Laid By” by May Swenson:
A day is laid by
It came to pass
Wind is drained
from the willowDusk interlaces
the grass
Out of the husk
of twilight
emerges the moonThis the aftermath
of jaded sunset
of noon
and the sirens of beesDay and wrath
are faded
Now above the bars
of lonely pastures
loom the sacred stars
(From May Swenson: Collected Poems, edited by Langdon Hammer © 2013 by The Literary Estate of May Swenson. Photo by Bill Abbott)
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