Donald Hall White Poems
- 1. The Painted Bed
'Even when I danced erect
by the Nileâ??s garden
I constructed Necropolis.
... - 2. Mount Kearsarge Shines
Mount Kearsarge shines with ice; from hemlock branches
snow slides onto snow; no stream, creek, or river
               budges but remains still. Tonight
we carry armloads of logs
... - 3. Christmas Party At The South Danbury Church
December twenty-first
we gather at the white Church festooned
red and green, the tree flashing
green-red lights beside the altar.
... - 4. Distressed Haiku
In a week or ten days
the snow and ice
will melt from Cemetery Road.
... - 5. The Things
When I walk in my house I see pictures,
bought long ago, framed and hanging
â??de Kooning, Arp, Laurencin, Henry Mooreâ??
that I've cherished and stared at for years,
... - 6. White Apples
when my father had been dead a week
I woke
with his voice in my ear
                         I sat up in bed
... - 7. The Alligator Bride
The clock of my days winds down.
The cat eats sparrows outside my window.
Once, she brought me a small rabbit
which we devoured together, under
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