Acquainted With The Night

[upatmidnight.livejournal.com]

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain - and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
O luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.


-- Robert Frost


Seems a very fitting poem for the way Mother Nature has been acting the past few nights. Bizarre weather patters all over the country but especially on the East Coast where I am. I hope you enjoy the read.

I've loved all the poems everyone has been sharing and I wish I had more time to comment but lately work is keeping me very busy. Thank you all who share, it's so wonderful to take a break and read such beautiful entries.

Comments

[deasura.livejournal.com]

I've always loved this poem. Thanks!

[upatmidnight.livejournal.com]

yes, it does seem to echo some deep emotion...
i'm happy to share...
*soft sigh*

[upatmidnight.livejournal.com]

i agree...it's beauty strikes deep...
happy to share...
*soft sigh*

[allabelle.livejournal.com]

Oh, this poem was SO on the AP English test this year!

[ex-mahuika7289.livejournal.com]

Yes!! With Emily Dickinson... oh jeez

[upatmidnight.livejournal.com]

classic...enjoy the fact in learning this...young!
*soft smile*

[allabelle.livejournal.com]

I was very happy. I was worried they'd give something like Sylvia Plath's "Sow" again.... >_

[upatmidnight.livejournal.com]

i've been a long time out of school...
it's nice to know they TEACH this!
thank you for the information...
i was not so lucky in my study...
i had to find it all on my own...
*soft sigh*

[wefellintoit.livejournal.com]

[upatmidnight.livejournal.com]

so agree...
i'm glad there is a place to share...
grow...
learn...
be awakened...
and touched...
*soft smile*

[pyralid.livejournal.com]

Very nice! A good Frost poem always surprises me with the words' innate glamor.

...My sister is in a Christian school, where they're having her read something for eighth grade graduation--something with the theme of traveling or roads--and she's been really upset because everything they'll let her do is just...well, really corny. I'm so glad you posted this, because I think it will work. ^_^

wonderful...

[upatmidnight.livejournal.com]

i'm happy for small coincidences...
that would be wonderful if she could use this...
sadly, that's the problem with our school systems sometimes...
why they choose to not see the world and all it's many, many beauties...
why must they try to shelter...
with the "corny" and pretend we are all about...
"rainbows and lillipops"
i'll never know...
perhaps that is a factor in a lot of our young popping pills...
b/c the real world is too real...
*sigh* so many theories...
so little time!

let me know if it does work for her...
would you?

[shivedheart.livejournal.com]

Oh god this is perhaps one of my favorite poems! And I'll second the freaky weather! I'm in Maryland. In May it was hotter than Hell, now June is here it's almost cold. What gives?!

[upatmidnight.livejournal.com]

well, it's 56 degrees here tonight...
as that one pop song by Vanessa Williams goes...
"sometimes the snow falls down in June"
i wouldn't be surprised at all...
i'm not a huge fan...
but i always remembered that line...
i wish i had an answer to your...
"What gives?!"

[joseishijin.livejournal.com]

Yes! Truly excellent. ^_^

[upatmidnight.livejournal.com]

i'm glad you could enjoy!
*soft sigh*