Before man to blow to right
The wind once blew itself untaught,
And did its loudest day and night
In any rough place where it caught.
Man came to tell it what was wrong:
It hadn't found the place to blow;
It blew too hard - the aim was song.
And listen - how it ought to go!
He took a little in his mouth,
And held it long enough for north
To be converted into south,
And then by measure blew it forth.
By measure. It was word and note,
The wind the wind had meant to be -
A little through the lips and throat.
The aim was song - the wind could see.
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From guest Rebecca (contact)
The man takes the wind into his mouth and shapes it. Then he blows it out, as the song in a whistle, and thus teaches the wind to make the right sounds by imitating the flow of air past the lips and throat. -
I think this poem is about the wind trying to make music. It blows too hard, and any way it can, but fails. When man came, they showed the wind how to make song by blowing through an instrument. "North to south" refers to the top of the instrument, to the bottom, where the wind comes out.
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