Poem-A-Day: Not by Sophie Cabot Black

Not by Sophie Cabot Black that you are unloved but that you love and must decide which   to remember; tracks left  in the field, a language of going away or coming back--   and to look up from the single mind,   to let untangle    the far-off snow from sky until no longer   held as proof is also where birds find agreement   strung along branches each with their own song for the other,   every note used to sing anyway-- how to hold the already   as the not yet    Copyright © 2013 by Sophie Cabot Black. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem "This was written for a friend who kept asking me if anyone would ever love her. Always that question, and what is there to say except to endure enough to see what happens. Maybe even to be brave enough to start first, to love without expectation, even hope." --Sophie Cabot Black Poetry by Cabot Black The Exchange (Graywolf Press, 2013)   Poem-A-Day was launched in 2006 and features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day archive.   Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org. May 8, 2013   Sophie Cabot Black is the author of three books of poetry. Her most recent is The Exchange (Graywolf Press, 2013). She divides her time between New York City and rural Connecticut. Related Poems How I Am by Jason Shinder Friend by Jean Valentine The Armadillo by Elizabeth Bishop

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