A Glimpse of the Eternal
a sparrow lighted
on a pine bough
right outside
my bedroom window
and a puff of yellow pollen
flew away.
After Years
Today, from a distance, I saw you
walking away, and without a sound
the glittering face of a glacier
slid into the sea. An ancient oak
fell in the Cumberlands, holding only
a handful of leaves, and an old woman
scattering corn to her chickens looked up
for an instant. At the other side
of the galaxy, a star thirty-five times
the size of our own sun exploded
and vanished, leaving a small green spot
on the astronomer's retina
as he stood in the great open dome
of my heart with no one to tell.
From the delightful collection of poetry by US Poet Laureate - Ted Kooser
