A. R. Ammons


Loss

When the sun 
falls behind the sumac 
thicket the 
wild 
yellow daisies 
in diffuse evening shade 
lose their 
rigorous attention 
and 
half-wild with loss 
turn 
any way the wind does 
and lift their 
petals up 
to float 
off their stems 
and go 

D. H. Lawrence

 from Pansies THE WHITE HORSE The youth walks up to the white horse, to put its halter on and the horse looks at him in silence. They are s...