Yr.+11+Poetry+Anthology+-+'Night+Ride'

=Night Ride= Herbert Read

Along the black  leather strap  of the night  deserted road

swiftly rolls  the freighted bus.  Huddled together  two lovers doze

their hands linkt  across their laps  their bodies loosely  interlockt

their heads resting  two heavy fruits  on the plaited  basket of their limbs.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Slowly the bus <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> slides into light. <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> Here are the hills <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> detach’d from dark

<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">the road, uncoils <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> a white ribbon <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> the lovers with <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> the hills unfold

<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">wake cold <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> to face the fate <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> of those who love <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> despite the world.