tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758774956499010897.post4224675151692958373..comments2024-03-23T22:38:42.984-07:00Comments on W.P.Grogan Blog: The Eternal QuestionWPGrogan.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00252868609022727280noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758774956499010897.post-75412315102608489452014-06-26T07:42:13.006-07:002014-06-26T07:42:13.006-07:00Regarding the "dance," I wanted to post ...Regarding the "dance," I wanted to post one of my fav poems in response *:)June Gillamhttp://www.junegillam.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758774956499010897.post-9888380341284125992014-06-26T07:41:30.991-07:002014-06-26T07:41:30.991-07:00THE DANCE
by
Wm. Carlos Williams
When the sn...THE DANCE<br /><br /> by <br /> Wm. Carlos Williams<br /><br /> When the snow falls the flakes<br /> spin upon the long axis<br /> that concerns them most intimately<br /> two and two to make a dance<br /><br /> the mind dances with itself,<br /> taking you by the hand,<br /> your lover follows <br /> there are always two,<br /><br /> yourself and the other,<br /> the point of your shoe setting the pace,<br /> if you break away and run<br /> the dance is over<br /><br /> Breathlessly you will take<br /> another partner<br /> better or worse who will keep<br /> at your side, at your stops<br /><br /> whirls and glides until he too<br /> leaves off<br /> on his way down as if<br /> there were another direction<br /><br /> gayer, more carefree<br /> spinning face to face but always down<br /> with each other secure<br /> only in each other's arms<br /><br /> But only the dance is sure!<br /> make it your own.<br /> Who can tell <br /> what is to come of it?<br /><br /> in the woods of your<br /> own nature whatever<br /> twig interposes, and bare twigs<br /> have an actuality of their own<br /><br /> this flurry of the storm <br /> that holds us,<br /> plays with us and discards us<br /> dancing, dancing as may be credible.<br />June Gillamhttp://www.junegillam.comnoreply@blogger.com