POEM FOR FRIENDS

Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast In a field I looked into going past, And the ground almost covered smooth in snow, But a few weeds and stubble showing last. The woods around it have it - it is theirs. All animals are smothered in their lairs. I am too absent-spirited to count; The loneliness includes me unawares. And lonely as it is, that loneliness Will be more lonely ere it will be less - A blanker whiteness of benighted snow With no expression, nothing to express. They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars - on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places. Poem Source: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/desert-places/ DESERT PLACE POEM EXPLANATION In the first stanza, Snow and Night is covering The field very fast. It was that field  he used to play during past. The ground was to be Completely covered With snow in few upcoming moments. But, some weeds could be ...

A tree's leaves may be ever so good, So may its bar, so may its wood; But unless you put the right thing to its root It never will show much flower or fruit. But I may be one who does not care Ever to have tree bloom or bear. Leaves for smooth and bark for rough, Leaves and bark may be tree enough. Some giant trees have bloom so small They might as well have none at all. Late in life I have come on fern. Now lichens are due to have their turn. I bade men tell me which in brief, Which is fairer, flower or leaf. They did not have the wit to say, Leaves by night and flowers by day. Leaves and bar, leaves and bark, To lean against and hear in the dark. Petals I may have once pursued. Leaves are all my darker mood. source: https://allpoetry.com/Leaves-Compared-With-Flowers ANALYSIS The Poet is saying that a tree leaves,  Woods, bar may live good for long time without  Decomposition. But it will not give fruits  And flowers until we provide right food to Its root. But the poet ...