101 Poems, Number 31

Favorite Poems Throughout My Life

31: “Night Clouds,” by Amy Lowell (1874–1925)

I’m not sure when and where I came

Across these lines bizarre,

But soon she’d snagged me, and I rode

A nightmare to a star.

And from that star I saw a horse

Then rearing in the sky.

It neighed: “You cannot catch me, Yo!”

I thought I had to try.

But he was right (the neigh was “Nay!”)—

I tried for all I’m worth.

But, failing, I just drifted down

And floated back to earth.

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