Plant Says Nothing HWSM 01 034

2021-12-08T00:00:00Z

Plant Says Nothing O little forests, meekly Touch the snow with low branches! O covered stones Hide the house of growth! Secret Vegetal words, Unlettered water, Daily zero. Pray undistracted Curled tree Carved in steel— Buried zenith! Fire, turn inward To your weak fort, To a burly infant spot, A house of nothing. O peace, bless this mad place: Silence, love this growth. O silence, golden zero Unsetting sun Love winter when the plant says nothing. Merton, Thomas. "Love Winter When The Plant Says Nothing." Selected Poems of Thomas Merton. 1980. New Directions, 1944. https://www.worldcat.org/title/collected-poems-of-thomas-merton/oclc/1131638401