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Scott Momaday


There in the hollows of the hills I see,
Eleven magpies stand away from me.

Low light upon the rim; a wind informs
This distance with a gathering of storms

And drifts in silver crescents on the grass,
Configurations that appear, and pass.

There falls a final shadow on the glare,
A stillness on the dark, erratic air.

I do not hear the longer wind that lows
Among the magpies. Silences disclose,

Until no rhythms of unrest remain,
Eleven magpies standing in the plain.

They are illusion - wind and rain revolve -
And they recede in darkness, and dissolve.


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mais poemas de Momaday aqui.
Momaday's important collections of poetry include The Gourd Dancer (1976, which includes Angle of Geese, 1974), In the Presence of the Sun (1992) and the poetry section of In the Bear's House (1999).
mas há poemas espalhados por toda a obra. o que ele mais queria era ser poeta, como diz
na entrevista para a Academy of Achievement. (que nome fantástico)
nele, nascendo de Dickinson, há mil formas de fixar a luz em palavra,  que me
lembrou a cor em Stephen Crane.

outra entrevista, aqui.