The Cold Night
It is cold. The white moon is up among her scattered stars-- like the bare thighs of the Police Sergeant's wife--among her five children . . . No answer. Pale shadows lie upon the frosted grass. One answer: It is midnight, it is still and it is cold . . . ! White thights of the sky! a new answer out of the depths of my male belly: In April . . . In April I shall see again--In April! the round and perfects thighs of the Police Sergeant's wife perfect still after many babies. Oya!
The Cold Night - meaning Summary
Longing Against Winter
The poem describes a cold, silent night in which the speaker’s gaze on the moon evokes an erotic and domestic image: the Police Sergeant’s wife and her bare thighs. The chilly landscape and absence of reply heighten his solitude and desire. Mention of April frames a future reunion or renewal, transforming present loneliness into longing for warmth, fertility, and the remembered or anticipated perfection of the woman’s body.
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