Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COYOTE CHORUS, by ANNE BIRDSALL First Line: At dusk, within the canyon's towering gate Last Line: That to the hour its benediction lends. Subject(s): Coyotes | ||||||||
At dusk, within the canyon's towering gate, Where twilight's purple shadows softly throng, The gray waifs of the desert raise their song, And in an evening anthem celebrate The day's events. Those eerie notes to state And life not of our age seem to belong, But hold an echo of some primal wrong Long-sealed in Doombook of the Wild Folk's fate. One voice at lifts the weird, chuckling wail, Until the distance-softened chorus full With all the magic of the gloaming blends -- With lilac-shadowed peaks, and twittered hail Of homing bird, and wood-sweet south-wind cool That to the hour its benediction lends. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY ENEMY by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. THE COYOTE by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. COYOTE NO. 1 by JAMES HARRISON GEO-BESTIARY: 33 by JAMES HARRISON COYOTE [OR, THE PRAIRIE WOLF] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE THE DESERT by HENRY (HARRY) HERBERT KNIBBS THREE DEER AND ONE COYOTE RUNNING IN THE SNOW by GARY SYNDER COYOTE, WITH MANGE by MARK WUNDERLICH SONG BY THE WINDOW BEFORE BED by KATHERINE MANSFIELD |
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