Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INTRUSION, by MAXWELL BODENHEIM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lilies sag with rain-drops Last Line: Your silence and the mist of soft words breaking it. ... Subject(s): Flowers; Grief; Lilies; Silence; Tears; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
The lilies sag with rain-drops. ... Their petals hold fire that does not break out, (As though it slept between vapor-silk It could not burn) And a young breeze stumbles upon the lilies And strokes them with his hands. ... The lilies and the young breeze are not unlike Your silence and the mist of soft words breaking it. ... | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS DEATH (1) by MAXWELL BODENHEIM |
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