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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEA POPPIES, by HILDA DOOLITTLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Amber husk
Last Line: As your bright leaf?
Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs.
Subject(s): Bible; Poppies
First Line: Amber husk
Last Line: As your bright leaf?
Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs.
Subject(s): Bible; Poppies
Amber husk
fluted with gold,
fruit on the sand
marked with a rich grain,
treasure
spilled near the shrub-pines
to bleach on the boulders:
your stalk has caught root
among wet pebbles
and drift flung by the sea
and grated shells
and split conch-shells.
Beautiful, wide-spread,
fire upon leaf,
what meadow yields
so fragrant a leaf
as your bright leaf?
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