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Ruth Stone
June 8, 1915 – November 19, 2011
The Porch
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Whatsoever comes to the screen,
firefly or moth,
I lean back in the wicker chair,
the porch my fragile skin
between me
and the gorgeous open maw,
the suckling swallowing world.
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