Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SILVER, by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH Poet's Biography First Line: Fishing is life for towns along the sea Last Line: Yet they shall keep a people until spring. Alternate Author Name(s): Beston, Henry, Mrs. Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Water; Winter; Anglers | ||||||||
Fishing is life for towns along the sea: The value of a season may be weighed In the new sheds and fences that are made And winters passed in full security. In a slack year all the community Stiffens to failure: and bills go unpaid, The men ship to the Indies, and dismayed The women wait on mutability. Here in the old smoke houses on the shore In lines of rose and silver, the fish swing Above the fires smouldering from the floor Their dripping brightness slowly tarnishing: They do not look like any treasure store Yet they shall keep a people until spring. | 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 ALL GOATS by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH SONG OF THE RABBITS OUTSIDE THE TAVERN by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH |
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