to crave what the light does crave- Haley Longworth

(to crave what the light does crave) BY KEVIN GOODAN to crave what the light does crave to shelter, to flee to gain desire of every splayed leaf to calm cattle, to heat the mare to coax dead flies back from slumber to turn the gaze of each opened bud to ripe the fruit to rot the fruit and drive down under the earth to lord gentle dust to lend a glancing grace to llamas to gather dampness from fields and divide birds and divide the ewes from slaughter and raise the corn and bend the wheat and drive tractors to ruin burnish the fox, brother the hawk shed the snake, bloom the weed and drive all wind diurnal to blanch the fire and clot the cloud to husk, to harvest, sheave and chaff to choose the bird and voice the bird to sing us, veery, into darkness Goodan, Kevin. "To Crave What the Light Does Crave." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, 1 Jan. 2009. Web. 8 Sept. 2014. . I believe this poem has a more universal theme, because the importance of light is seen all around the world. It is necessary for life, and every culture relishes the warmth that comes from the sun, our greatest source of light. Some cultures even worship gods that they believe are the providers of the light, and even the ones that don't understand the necessity of light. As the poem says, it is necessary to "calm the cattle, to heat the mare","to ripe the fruit", "to divide birds", "to husk, to harvest." Not only do we revere light as one of the most important things for our planet, the author's title also makes it seem like light craves to help us as much as we crave it. I chose this poem from poetryfoundation.org because I thought the title was interesting. After I read it, I decided to use it for the blog because I really enjoyed the imagery. I can imagine the warm glow of the sun on cows lounging on a field, and ripening fruit right before it is picked. It creates a beautiful picture and it was a nice read.