Under the Tree

UNDER THE TREE
And over and over I tried to see Some of us walking under the tree,
And how it looks when I am there.
From On the Hill
Certain of these poems have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly , The University Record (the University of Chicago), Poetry, a Magazine of Verse , Child Life , and the Phoenix . The author thanks the editors of these journals for the privilege of reprinting.
THE SKY
I saw a shadow on the ground
And heard a bluejay going by;
A shadow went across the ground,
And I looked up and saw the sky.
It hung up on the poplar tree,
But while I looked it did not stay;