Tuesday, June 27, 2006

"Wolf" by Keith Harvey
















Wolf

Near a stone house,
in a shadowed
wood,

the wolf flees.

Hounds’ howl
and hunters’ horns

awaken the boy
within.

Inspired
he sings
in a nest of sheets
so soft and sweet
that the wolf,
curious,

stops
and mounts
the porch
to peer
through glass.

Startled
by his double,
his snout snaps
against the pane.

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