Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GLADIOLI, by ANN BRYANT First Line: If I should wish to hold and neatly phrase Last Line: The essence of a spring still not congealed. Subject(s): Details; Things | ||||||||
If I should wish to hold and neatly phrase Gladioli, I would not haste to seek A Dresden vase or one whose oval cheek Was shaven smooth and cool with potter's glaze; But I would search each hidden nook and maze Until I found an empty jar, whose bleak And bald contours would match the virile streak In blooms leashed to a sword to pierce my gaze. And thus I would envision the bright glance Of a rainbow from keen blades; yet meet the frank And open fragrance of the garden's yield Restrained in earthen molds by circumstance, Yet spilling on the cellar's must and dank, The essence of a spring still not congealed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BUILDING by JOHN DRINKWATER SPELL by MARGARET MOORE MEUTTMAN THINGS by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY PERPETUA by HENRY LONGAN STUART SIMPLE THINGS by PAUL JEAN TOULET THE INFERENCE: 1 by THOMAS TRAHERNE SMALL COUNTRIES by JAMES GALVIN ORANGUTAN REHAB by KAREN SWENSON |
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