Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEW MOON, by IDA B. BOTTS First Line: I dreamed that cupid had lost his bow Last Line: And the bow was just the new moon! Subject(s): Dreams; Moon; Nightmares | ||||||||
I dreamed that Cupid had lost his bow, And I saw it tonight in the sky, Caught on the tip of a silver cloud As it slowly drifted by. I wondered if he had been shooting at stars, And the arrow, released from his bow, Could have found a goal in the heart of Mars Where the war clouds hang so low.... And then, to my joy, I dreamed it had, (The god had fallen far!) The princely victim of Cupid's dart Was courting the evening star! My heart was a song as I visioned the world At peace with itself, and in tune. I awoke ... to find it only a dream, And the bow was just the new moon! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BRODSKY'S COLLECTED by MICHAEL S. HARPER WHEN THERE IS PEACE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY |
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