Text of Poem | We know we can outlast the weather while the wind throws angry floods of snow such as it is, for you to see As if to defy the wind I poke Let the house shake, our fire and light I learned resistance from a heart but here I’ll say at the risk of turning |
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First Line | We know we can outlast the weather |
Original Pub Location | |
Original Publication Date | 1951 |
Original Citation | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 57. |
Complete Poems | 84 |
Hearst Collections | |
Word Count | 212 |
Manuscript | Permission to reproduce work from the James Hearst Papers has been granted by the Special Collections Department of the University of Iowa Libraries. |
Poetic Form | closed |
Themes | |
Twitter Quote | I learned resistance from a heart / of oak that lay charred in the grate, / it was in the fire from the very start / and still is solid. |