The poem "Strange Meetings" by Harold Mono explores the sense of wonder and bewilderment that the speaker feels toward humanity. The imagery of a clod of earth coming to life symbolizes the speaker's fascination with the mystery of human existence, emphasizing feelings of estrangement and the inability to fully understand or connect with others.
Strange Meetings
By Harold Mono
If suddenly a clod1 of earth should rise,
And walk about, and breathe, and speak, and love,
How one would tremble, and in what surprise
Gasp: "Can you move?"
I see men walking, and I always feel:
"Earth! How have you done this? What can you be?"
I can't learn how to know men, or conceal2
How strange they are to me.
1. clod: a lump of something, especially dirt or clay
2. conceal: hide
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