Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 7. THE SILENCE, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: There is a silence I carry about with me always Last Line: I will curl up in it at last and sleep an endless sleep. Subject(s): Mississippi River; Rivers | ||||||||
There is a silence I carry about with me always; A silence perpetual, for it is self-created; A silence of heat, of water, of unchecked fruitfulness Through which each year the heavy harvests bloom, and burst and fall. Deep, matted green silence of my South, Often within the push and scorn of great cities, I have seen that mile-wide waste of water swaying out to you, And on its current glimmering, I am going to the sea. There is a silence I have achieved: I have walked beyond its threshold; I know it is without horizons, boundless, fathomless, perfect. And some day maybe, far away, I will curl up in it at last and sleep an endless sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL TO A WOMAN GLANCING UP FROM THE RIVER by LARRY LEVIS TWO-RIVER LEDGER by KHALED MATTAWA HE FINDS THE MANSION by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE RIVERS by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA VERMILION FLYCATCHER, SAN PEDRO RIVER, ARIZONA by MARGARET ATWOOD THE PORCH OVER THE RIVER by WENDELL BERRY THE RIVER BRIDGED AND FORGOT by WENDELL BERRY ARIZONA POEMS: 2. MEXICAN QUARTER by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |
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