Living
Firelight
From Poems (1923): 1917–1919
Living
Playing in the fire and twilight together,
My little son and I,
Suddenly--woefully--I stoop to catch him.
“Try, mother, try!”
Old Nurse Silence lifts a silent finger:
“Hush! cease your play!”
What happened? What in that tiny moment
Flew away?
Cite this poem
MLA
Mansfield, Katherine. “Firelight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mansfield_k/43/.
Chicago
Mansfield, Katherine. “Firelight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mansfield_k/43/.
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