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It is not quite a house without the sun
And sun is what we notice, wonder at
As if stone left its hard and quarried state
To be reciprocal to light and let
The fallen beams bound and rebound upon
Shutter and wall, each with assurance thrown

So on descending from the snow we meet
Not warmth of south but houses which contrive
To be designed of sun. The builders have
Instructed hands to know where shadows fall
And made of buildings an obedient stone
Linked to the sun as waters to the moon.

Elisabeth Jennings

This poem comes to us courtesy of Patricia Cook a poet who lives and works in Mount Kisco, New York.

Wednesday | 1 October 2008 | Inspiration