North Carolina Poetry Society
 
Student Poem of the Month — November 2004
 

 
The Bear   © by   Ben Smith


Bigness here and there,
Up a tree without a care.
A hairy kite blotting out the sun,
Floating to the ground with thunderous fun.
Staggering through the black “beary” thatch,
A hoggish hero without a match,
Slumbering near the milkweed patch.
Beneath the drunken autumn moon,
The trance of winter coming soon.

Tell me if you know,
How to become lost,
In a bear dream beneath the snow.

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Previously published in the North Carolina Poetry Society's
Pinesong: Awards 2004. Used with permission of the Poet.
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