Maggie's Farm

Ohh, Bird Dog, I really like that verse. For some reason, it reminds me of the poem with the refrain, "Why do you walk through the fields in gloves, oh fat white woman whom nobody loves?" Can't remember the author, but he/she is out there somewhere being depressed. I like your verse better, but I've never heard of Richard Wilbur.

Marianne

Bird Dog ... I should have googled the lines above before I posted. Here's the complete quote:


(Poem #906) To a Fat Lady Seen From the Train

O why do you walk through the fields in gloves,
Missing so much and so much?
O fat white woman whom nobody loves,
Why do you walk through the fields in gloves,
When the grass is soft as the breast of doves
And shivering sweet to the touch?
O why do you walk through the fields in gloves,
Missing so much and so much?

-- Frances Cornford

I like the line 'when the grass is soft as the breast of doves and shivering sweet to the touch.'

Marianne