Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHEERBA SMOKE, by M. ALEXANDER First Line: On a gaudy rug, / to the accompaniment Last Line: In the heart of a sapphire. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers | ||||||||
I. On a gaudy rug, To the accompaniment Of crotali and clarinet, Half-naked Little brown-skinned ghawazi, Dance The dance of the wasp. II. An old Jewess, With ravaged features And massive legs, Beckons to passing men. Through the lattice windows Pretty Levantine girls Are seen Lounging about. III. Spinning round and round, Moaning and howling To the shriek and rumble Of barbaric music, Fiendish and terrible Dervishes dance. IV. Boats on the Nile. ... At sunset they resemble Butterflies a-tremble on open flowers; At night, Sheeted phantoms In the heart of a sapphire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAMED DANCER DIES OF PHOSPHORUS POISONING by RICHARD HOWARD ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN A DANCER'S LIFE by DONALD JUSTICE DANCING WITH THE DOG by SUSAN KENNEDY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS THE CHILDREN DANCING by LAURENCE BINYON |
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