Featured Poem: Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost
Written by Jamie Barton, 6th July 2023
Our Featured Poem for July is 'Acquainted With the Night' by Robert Frost and read by The Reader's Programme Coordinator, Mary.
Acquainted With the Night
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
by Robert Frost
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