Whiffletree
Whiffletree - meaning Summary
Inviting Curse, Finding Communion
The speaker invites blame and curses while standing in a quiet rural landscape. Natural and farm images—the evening mist, boulders, farm dogs, dirt, horseshoes, and the whiffletree—create a sense of private communion with the earth and its tools. Rather than shrinking from judgment, the speaker seems to welcome it as part of a wider, secret life shared between people, animals, and the land.
Read Complete AnalysesGIVE me your anathema. Speak new damnations on my head. The evening mist in the hills is soft. The boulders on the road say communion. The farm dogs look out of their eyes and keep thoughts from the corn cribs. Dirt of the reeling earth holds horseshoes. The rings in the whiffletree count their secrets. Come on, you.
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