Snow Leopards at the Denver Zoo

EvilToasterElf

This is a poem from William Mathews collection, Rising and Falling, the guy is just amazing



Snow Leopards at the Denver Zoo

There are only a hundred or so
snow leopards alive, and three
of them here. Hours I watch them jump
down and jump up, water being
poured. Though if you fill a glass
fast with water, it rings high to the top,
noise of a nail driven true. Snow
leopards land without sound,
as if they were already extinct.

If I could, I'd sift them
from hand to hand, like a fire,
like a debt I can count but can't pay.
I'm glad I can't. If I tried to
take loss for a wife, and I do,
and keep her all the days of my life,
I'd have nothing to leave my children.
I save them whatever I can keep
and I pour it from hand to hand.

even flow?

Nice piece.

I love the snow leopards at our zoo. I have some quality pics of em too. Beautiful creatures they are.

Squidge

Thats nice peice dude,

I like the "Though if you fill a glass
fast with water, it rings high to the top,
noise of a nail driven true. Snow
leopards land without sound,
as if they were already extinct."

In this poem, are you refering to the demise of the snow leopard?

EvilToasterElf

Squidge wrote:

Thats nice peice dude,

I like the "Though if you fill a glass
fast with water, it rings high to the top,
noise of a nail driven true. Snow
leopards land without sound,
as if they were already extinct."

In this poem, are you refering to the demise of the snow leopard?

This is a poem by William Mathews, one of my favorites, he died of a sudden heart attack in 97'

ISN

this is an incredible poem....I was wondering if you have a link to any of his poetry?

EvilToasterElf

http://capa.conncoll.edu/matthews.rising.htm

This is an entire book of his poetry which is posted online. Amazing book, called rising and falling.

Ms. Haiku

This is very nice. I had to stop being on the daily fast track to read it, which means it was a good poem.

burtschips

Thanks for the link. amazing as you say.