What Wind
What Wind
crept in to slam the door
when you went out, to thrust
an elbow in the kitchen’s face,
open the cupboard door to black
my eye, and leave me with spilled
coffee to remember you by?
Publication Details
Original Citation
Prairie Schooner 44 (Spring 1970) 43.
Word Count
36
Original Publication
Date Published
1970
Book Appearance
Complete Poems
236
Themes and Motifs
Theme(s)
Notes and Commentary
It is unusual for Hearst to have the title of the poem also serve functionally as the first words of the poem.