Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BALLS, by AMY LOWELL


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First Line: Throw the blue balls above the twigs of the tree-tops
Subject(s): Balls; Conduct Of Life


THROW the blue ball above the little twigs of the tree-tops,
And cast the yellow ball straight at the buzzing stars.

All our life is a flinging of colored balls
to impossible distances.
And in the end what have we?
A tired arm-a tip-tilted nose.

Ah! Well! Give me the purple one.
Wouldn't it be a fine thing if I could make it stick
On top of the Methodist steeple?





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