Nature
White Fog
From Flame and Shadow (1920)
Nature
Heaven-invading hills are drowned
In wide moving waves of mist,
Phlox before my door are wound
In dripping wreaths of amethyst.
Ten feet away the solid earth
Changes into melting cloud,
There is a hush of pain and mirth,
No bird has heart to speak aloud.
Here in a world without a sky,
Without the ground, without the sea,
The one unchanging thing is I,
Myself remains to comfort me.
Cite this poem
MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “White Fog.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/250/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “White Fog.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/250/.
Read this poem with the Codex →