Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SPECKLED TROUT, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN Poet's Biography First Line: With rod and line I took my way Last Line: And opes the way to faeryland. Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Nature; Trout; Anglers | ||||||||
With rod and line I took my way That led me through the gossip trees, Where all the forest was asway With hurry of the running breeze. I took my hat off to a flower That nodded welcome as I passed; And, pelted by a morning shower, Unto its heart a bee held fast. A head of gold one great weed tossed, And leaned to look when I went by; And where the brook the roadway crossed The daisy kept on me its eye. And when I stooped to bathe my face, And seat me at a great tree's foot, I heard the stream say, Mark the place: And undermine it rock and root. And o'er the whirling water there A dragonfly its shuttle plied, Where wild a fern let down its hair, And leaned to see the water's pride -- A speckled trout. The spotted elf, Whom I had come so far to see, Stretched out above a rocky shelf, A shadow sleeping mockingly. . . . . . . . And I have sat here half the day Regarding it. It has not stirred. I heard the running water say -- He does not know the magic word. The word that changes everything, And brings all Nature to his hand: That makes of this great trout a king, And opes the way to Faeryland. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN THE GREAT BLACK HERON by DENISE LEVERTOV ISLA MUJERES by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SCHOOLS OF LITTLE FISH by MARVIN BELL TWO PICTURES OF A LEAF by MARVIN BELL OF FISH AND FISHERMEN by JOHN CIARDI KU KLUX by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN |
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