Calls
Calls - meaning Summary
Longing as Shared Call
The poem expresses a patient, yearning call to a beloved through natural imagery. The speaker likens their summons to the persistent cries of birds and the voice of running water, suggesting a communal, echoing world that responds to calls. The repeated waiting underscores hopeful expectancy rather than despair. Nature’s vocal life models connection and recognition, framing the speaker’s longing as part of a larger, reciprocal chorus.
Read Complete AnalysesBECAUSE I have called to you as the flame flamingo calls, or the want of a spotted hawk is called- because in the dusk the warblers shoot the running waters of short songs to the homecoming warblers- because the cry here is wing to wing and song to song- I am waiting, waiting with the flame flamingo, the spotted hawk, the running water warbler- waiting for you.
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