A Poem for a Thursday #259
May Sarton was a prolific poet, journalist, and novelist. Literary critics often overlooked her in the early part of her career but eventually, they came to appreciate her “calm, cultured, and urbane” writing. Sarton’s writing examines themes of love, friendship, feminism, and sexuality.
In the evening we came back
Into our yellow room,
For a moment taken aback
To find the light left on,
Falling on silent flowers,
Table, book, empty chair
While we had gone elsewhere,
Had been away for hours.
When we came home together
We found the inside weather.
All of our love unended
The quiet light demanded,
And we gave, in a look
At yellow walls and open book.
The deepest world we share
And do not talk about
But have to have, was there,
And by that light found out.
A Light Left On
May Sarton
Brona at This Reading Life shared a poem this week.
2 Comments
Constance
I suppose I knew less about her than I thought because I did not consider her a poet but more of an essayist – not that I had read anything she had written. I do like this poem; thank you!
jllee656
I thought of her as an essayist as well. I have a book or two of hers on my shelves but I haven’t read them yet.