Friday from the Archives: Resourceful a poem by Robert Morgan by from NCLR Online 2017
George Hovis, in his review of Rebecca Godwin’s latest book, wrote, “Rebecca Godwin’s Community
Across Time: Robert Morgan’s Words for Home, offers a comprehensive and seminal treatment of Morgan’s extensive body of fiction writing, one that uses as its primary touchstone the author’s biography, traced back across multiple generations of maternal and paternal ancestors.”
We like to think that scholarship started with the incredible interview Godwin did with Morgan for our 2017 Online issue. Morgan generously shared two poems in that issue, one of which is perfect for this snowy week.
Resourceful
by Robert Morgan
The black cat in the snow
soaks up the winter sun
with its thick fur and moves
again, again, to stay
in the best light in this
sub-zero cold, its coat
a multiplier of
elusive heat in air
that has few calories,
its fur a solar sponge.
This hairy feline’s like
a scruffy artist or
philosopher who draws
a sustenance from air,
through contemplation
and extended stillness
to make the most of less,
to amplify what warmth
and inspiration can
be salvaged from afar,
the meager drooping sun,
by shifting with the hour,
before the dark returns.
Read both poems and the interview in the NCLR Online 2017 issue.
