A Blessing
By James Wright
"Suddenly i realize, that if i stepped out of my body, i would break into blossom"
Summary
A twenty-four word poem about a mans experience in a pasture, just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota. The poem begins with a description of two ponies in a pasture suggesting that a car has pulled off the road. The ponies "welcome" two people who step over the fence into the pasture.