Mary Graham Bonner

The Fog

Summary


"The Fog" by Mary Graham Bonner gives voice to drops of water — from a river, a lake, a brook, and a stream — each longing for change and a glimpse of the world from above. When the great ocean hears their murmuring, it calls them upward together, and they rise as one vast gray fog. In under 110 words, the poem transforms a weather event into a quietly wondrous act of collective longing and transformation.

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“I want a change,” said one of the drops of water in a river.

“So do I,” said a drop from a nearby lake.

“I want to be up in the air for a while,” said a brook.

“I want to see what the world looks like from above,” said a little stream.

Far away, the great ocean heard them murmuring. Its voice rolled back, deep and vast:

Tiny water droplets rising from a river and lake into a foggy sky, illustrating The Fog by Mary Graham Bonner.

“Come then. One, two, three — all together — go!”

And up they rose, the drops from the river and the lake and the brook and the stream, rising and spreading into the air. And a great gray fog settled over everything.

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Mary Graham Bonner was an American author active in the early twentieth century, best known for her imaginative children's poetry and short prose. "The Fog" showcases her gift for personification, lending the ocean a deep, commanding voice that sets the whole poem in motion.