Sunday, August 19, 2018

Torches Against the Wall

Summer Rain
—Painting by Maria Magdalena Oostheuzen
(www.houseofmaria.co.za)

 


SUMMER RAIN
—Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
 
All night our room was outer-walled with rain.

Drops fell and flattened on the tin roof,

And rang like little disks of metal.

Ping!—Ping!—and there was not a pin-point of silence between

      them.

The rain rattled and clashed,

And the slats of the shutters danced and glittered.
But to me the darkness was red-gold and crocus-colored

With your brightness,

nd the words you whispered to me

Sprang up and flamed—orange torches against the rain.

Torches against the wall of cool, silver rain!

___________________

—Medusa, reminding you that this afternoon, Poetry in Placerville will host William O’Daly and Ray Keifetz (plus open mic) at Love Birds Coffee & Tea Co. on Broadway in Placerville, 1pm. Or head over to Davis to hear Mary Zeppa and Barbara West at Davis Arts Center, 2pm.

For more about Amy Lowell, go to www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amy-lowell/.