A Blessing – Stewartville, MN - Minnesota Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This historical marker stands at an eastbound rest stop along Interstate 90 to the west of Rochester. It is a poem by James Wright that reads:

A Blessing

Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota
Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.
And the eyes of those two Indian ponies
Darken with kindness.
They have come gladly out of the willows
To welcome my friend and me.
We step over the barbed wire into the pasture
Where they have been grazing all day, alone
They ripple tensely, they can hardly contain their happiness
That we have come.
They bow shyly as wet swans. They love eachother.
There is no loneliness like theirs.
At home once more,
They begin munching the young tufts of spring in the darkness.
I would like to hold the slenderer one in my arms,
For she has walked over to me
And nuzzled my left hand.
She is black and white,
Her mane falls wild on her forehead.
And the light breeze moves me to caress her long ear
That is delicate as the skin over a girl’s wrist.
Suddenly I realize
That if I stepped out of my body I would break into blossom.

James Wright, Poet, December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980

Erected by Minnesota Department of Transportation 1998

Marker Type:: Roadside

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