Poetry · Reflection
RECLINING FIGURE
21 March 2013
RECLINING FIGURE
Then the knee of the wave
turned to stone
By the cliff of her flank
I anchored.
in the darkness of harbors
laid-by
Henry Moore
Poem by Donald Hall (1928- )
Statue is Reclining Figure (1951) by Henry Moore
Plaster and Figure (Tate Gallery London)
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