Mariana, with the morning so,
Walking one morning up a road near woods,
With the sun young that morning,
And the dew not long gone from grass and roses;
violets still were wet; the moon had not so long
gone; Mariana had not long awakened;
Mariana, with the sun growing hotter, going west,
coming nearer to Mariana,
Mariana, going up a road near woods, thinking of
Thursdays and gone nights and coming nights,
Mariana, sweetly crushing twigs on a road, twigs
there somehow.
Mariana, grasping at some leaves of a nearby tree.
Mariana, thinking of Thursdays.
Mariana, scaring a butterfly; Mariana, scaring
little living things in warm flowers.
Mariana, living through a morning near woods.
Mariana's dress touching at times tall grass green
in fields.
Mariana, seen by a bird.
Mariana, touched by a slow wind.
Mariana, coming nearer to woods.
Mariana, moving little stones in the road; Mariana,
covering with her slippers, Mariana covering little
stones in the road.
Mariana, seeing a rose.
Mariana, in woods.
The woods have Mariana.
Mariana has woods.
A leaf falls on Mariana's hair; the leaf falls down from
Mariana's hair, down her face, down her neck; she
walks; the leaf falls down over her dress, touching
her dress, and falls down in grass; Mariana walks on
in woods.
All in Mariana's morning.
This morning Mariana has.
This morning, on road and in woods, in summer, under
summer, morning sun, Mariana, Mariana has.
This Summer Morning Mariana Has
written byEli Siegel
© Eli Siegel