Poem of the week: The Man in the Wind by Anne Stevenson
This haunting poem depicts an elusive, dangerous figure of overwhelming destructive power The Man in the Wind The man in the wind who keeps us awake tonight is not the black monk of the wind cowering in corners and crevices, or the white face under the streetlight stricken with the guilt of his noise, or the great slapping hand of the wind beating and beating the rainy alleyways while the torturer proceeds with the interrogation and the prisoner’s risen voice bleeds over cymbals and timpani. Continue reading...
This haunting poem depicts an elusive, dangerous figure of overwhelming destructive power
The Man in the Wind
The man in the wind
who keeps us awake tonight
is not the black monk of the wind
cowering in corners and crevices,
or the white face under the streetlight
stricken with the guilt of his noise,
or the great slapping hand of the wind
beating and beating the rainy alleyways
while the torturer proceeds with the interrogation
and the prisoner’s risen voice
bleeds over cymbals and timpani.