Anthology of Massachusetts Poets

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1>Anthology of Massachusetts Poets</h1> <h2 class="no-break">by<br/>WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE</h2> <hr /> <h2><SPAN name="chap01"></SPAN>HOME-BOUND</h2> <p class="poem"> The moon is a wavering rim where one fish slips,<br/> The water makes a quietness of sound;<br/> Night is an anchoring of many ships<br/> Home-bound.<br/> <br/> There are strange tunnelers in the dark, and whirs<br/> Of wings that die, and hairy spiders spin<br/> The silence into nets, and tenanters<br/> Move softly in.<br/> <br/>I step on shadows riding through the grass,<br/> And feel the night lean cool against my face;<br/> And challenged by the sentinel of space,<br/> I pass.<br/></p> <p class="left"> JOSEPH AUSLANDER</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />