Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RED GERANIUMS, by MARTHA HASKELL CLARK First Line: Life did not bring me silken gowns Last Line: And red geraniums aflame upon my window sill. Subject(s): Flowers; Geraniums | ||||||||
Life did not bring me silken gowns, Nor jewels for my hair, Nor signs of gabled foreign towns In distant countries fair, But I can glimpse, beyond my pane, a green and friendly hill, And red geraniums aflame upon my window sill. The brambled cares of everyday, The tiny humdrum things, May bind my feet when they would stray, But still my heart has wings While red geraniums are bloomed against my window glass, And low above my green-sweet hill the gypsy wind-clouds pass. And if my dreamings ne'er come true, The brightest and the best, But leave me lone my journey through, I'll set my heart at rest, And thank God for home-sweet things, a green and friendly hill, And red geraniums aflame upon my window sill. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GERANIUMS by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RED GERANIUM AND GODLY MIGNONETTE by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE REFLECTION by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH THE GERANIUM by THEODORE ROETHKE SENT WITH A FLOWER POT, BEGGING A SLIP OF GERANIUM by CHRISTIAN MILNE REVERSION by JOHN COWPER POWYS TO A GERANIUM WHICH FLOWERED DURING THE WINTER WRITTEN IN AUTUMN by CHARLOTTE SMITH RED GERANIUMS by STEPHEN DOBYNS WILD GERANIUMS by BROOKS HAXTON VENUS IN A GARDEN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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