Friday, May 4, 2012
Poetry Friday: A Pocketful of Stars--Poems About the Night
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“Night Comes” (by Beatrice Schenk deRegniers)
Night comes
leaking
out of the
sky.
Stars come
peeking.
Moon come
sneaking
silvery—sly.
Who is
shaking,
shivery,
quaking?
Who is
afraid
of the night?
Not I.
“Silver” (by Walter de la Mare)
Slowly,
silently, now the moon
Walks the
night in her silver shoon;
This way,
and that, she peers and sees
Silver fruit
upon silver trees;
One by one
the casements catch
Her beams beneath
the silvery thatch;
Couched on
his kennel, like a log,
With paws of
silver sleeps the dog;
From their
shadowy cote the white breasts peep
Of doves in
a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest
mouse goes scampering by,
With silver
claws, and silver eye;
And moveless
fish in the water gleam,
By silver
reeds in a silver stream.
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I have used this book many times in poetry work, or just reading some favorites aloud. You are so right, it is beautiful. Don't you love "Night comes/ leaking/out of the sky? Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI've always loved that poem by Walter de la Mare:
ReplyDeleteSlowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon
Thanks for the review of A Pocketful of Stars and thanks for dropping by Musings with your comment.
This sounds like such a delightful book. It reminded me of a poetry book that I also loved and reviewed: Night of the Whippoorwill and A Full Moon is Rising. They would be great companion books, I think. :)
ReplyDeleteI love these poems even more because we went out last night and watched the once-in-a-very-long-time moon rise huge and orange over a small in-town quarry lake.
ReplyDelete"Night Comes" especially resonated with me...maybe because I have two daughters who don't like being in the dark. I will have to share this poem with them. Thanks!
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