Whisper of Want
The place I want to get back to
echo and shadow
whispered in winter
the steps in the snow
lead around and around
a place called want
dust of snow
in a disused graveyard
again, the fields
in your absence
between brightness and weight
I broke a sheaf of light
Pamela Olson, 4/19/08
This found poetry was written for prompt #13 at Poefusion.
Each line is the title of a poem
by the following poets (in order of
appearance): Mary Oliver, Li-Young Lee,
William Stafford, Jill Osier, Robert Frost,
Robert Frost, Natasha Threthewey, Judith Harris,
Kevin Goodan, and A.R. Ammons
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