Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GOD OF NOON, by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Black goats I herded with my sister; they Last Line: From him the cammomile's kind use I learned. Subject(s): Kindness; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
Black goats I herded with my sister; they Grazed by red rocks; the grass rose stiff and stinging. Warming their backs, stones to the foot-hills clinging Slept dumbly on. And sheer blue shone the bay. By the gnarled silver of an olive flinging My drowsy limbs, in its dry shade I lay, He camelike a hot cobweb net, asway, Or like a cloud of flies about me singing. He bared my knees. Kindled my quiet feet. The silver on my shirt his white fire burned. His hot embrace is heavy, ah, and sweet. He laid me on my back. The whole sky turned. He tanned my naked bosom to the teat. From him the cammomile's kind use I learned. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING A SONG by IVAN ALEKSEYEVITCH (ALEXEYVICH) BUNIN |
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