Friday Poetry: Margaret Wise Brown

Happy Friday!

I hope everyone has exciting plans for the weekend. My chosen poem this Friday is by an American author Margaret Wise Brown (May 23, 1910 – November 13, 1952). Brown wrote children’s books and poetry.

 

The Secret Song

Who saw the petals

drop from the rose?

I, said the spider,

But nobody knows.

 

Who saw the sunset

flash on a bird?

I, said the fish,

But nobody heard.

 

Who saw the fog

come over the sea?

I, said the sea pigeon,

Only me.

 

Who saw the first

green light of the sun?

I, said the night owl,

The only one.

 

Who saw the moss

creep over the stone?

I, said the grey fox,

All alone.

 

 

Margaret Wise Brown

 

Happy reading.