Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD WOMAN FAIRY, by MARY BRODINE First Line: She dressed in tiered petticoats Last Line: And sang through a straw. | ||||||||
She dressed in tiered petticoats, Tissued and green, And drifted her hair like a wind That listed and flew and careened, Leaving the air odors of almond, Carnation and mint And the watered, wet musk Of weeds in the sea. She ate from her fingers figs and wild wheat; And when she was tired She rode a black turtle And sang through a straw. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FOUNTAIN (2) by SARA TEASDALE FRAGMENT ON DEATH by FRANCOIS VILLON ESTHER; A YOUNG MAN'S TRAGEDY: 51 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE BANNER OF THE JEW by EMMA LAZARUS A BETTER RESURRECTION by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A SONG OF PANAMA by ALFRED DAMON RUNYON LINES WRITTEN IN A CITY COMPOSING-ROOM by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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