Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ANOTHER POET, by ELLA STRATTON COLBO First Line: You filled a bowl with queen anne's lace Last Line: Making poems with flowers! Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Queen Anne's Lace | ||||||||
You filled a bowl with Queen Anne's Lace, And touched it deftly here and there. A thing of long-remembered grace It stood, for all the world to share. You gathered wayside blooms that seemed To us quite commonplace, And soon a living, glowing prayer Was fashioned for His Altar Place. I who sought with futile words To capture summer moods and hours, Marvelled at your skillful hands -- Making poems with flowers! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIGH PLAINS RAG by JAMES GALVIN THE CRANES OF IBYCUS by EMMA LAZARUS AFFIRMATION by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE NO-LONGER-MERRY ANCIENT MONARCH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS LYRICS AND EPICS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SAY NO MORE OF ME by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD |
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