Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WINDFLOWER, by BLISS CARMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Between the roadside and the wood Last Line: Between the woodside and the road! Subject(s): Anemone; Plants; Planting; Planters | ||||||||
BETWEEN the roadside and the wood, Between the dawning and the dew, A tiny flower before the wind, Ephemeral in time, I grew. The chance of straying feet came by, -- Nor death nor love nor any name Known among men in all their lands, -- Yet failure put desire to shame. To-night can bring no healing now, The calm of yesternight is gone; Surely the wind is but the wind, And I a broken waif thereon. How fair my thousand brothers wave Upon the floor of God's abode: Whence came that careless wanderer Between the woodside and the road! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KILLING THE PLANTS by JANE KENYON NOW I AM A PLANT, A WEED by KATHERINE MANSFIELD TANKA DIARY (5) by HARRYETTE MULLEN A MORE ANCIENT MARINER by BLISS CARMAN |
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