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I do not dare breathe / Or move

October 15, 2015 by 5 Comments

harvest-moon-wheat

The moon drops one or two feathers into the field.
The dark wheat listens.
Be still.
Now.
There they are, the moon’s young, trying
Their wings. […]
I stand alone by an elder tree, I do not dare breathe
Or move.
I listen.
The wheat leans back toward its own darkness,
And I lean toward mine.

— James Wright, Beginning, Above the River: The Complete Poems

Credits: Photo: HJK Photography with Under the Harvest Moon; Quotes: nemophilies

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