Monday, May 11, 2020

How Without Arms (Monday Poem)

by JonArno Lawson


How, without arms,
did the sun
climb over the trees?

And without knees
to sinks on,
how did it sink behind them?

And without eyes,
how did it peek
through the leaves?

And without
being wakened,
how did it rise?



from Sing a Song of Seasons
A Nature Poem for Each Day of the Year
selected by Fiona Waters
illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon
Candlewick Press, 2018 

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