Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POINT LOMA SONNETS: 8. ISLE LOMA, by WINIFRED DAVIDSON First Line: Long lay this loma isle; from age to age Last Line: A lovely thought that time had put aside. Subject(s): Point Loma, California | ||||||||
Long lay this Loma isle; from age to age A lift of little hills turned from the West Where Ocean Beach finds sea-way; with high crest Of bordered canyons where the small white sage Went pouring honey cups in vassalage To ancient springs forever. She was dressed In wilding ferns, pinks, lilies . . . on her breast Lay poppy gold, a sun-wrought heritage. A murmuring of bees perhaps; perhaps the whirr And rise of tufted quail. I know the tide Beneath ten million moons ran here, ran there, While Loma waited like a waiting bride As lonely and as lost, as if she were A lovely thought that Time had put aside. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POINT LOMA SONNETS: 10. CABRILLO by WINIFRED DAVIDSON POINT LOMA SONNETS: 11. VIZCAINO by WINIFRED DAVIDSON POINT LOMA SONNETS: 12. SUNRISE by WINIFRED DAVIDSON POINT LOMA SONNETS: 2. BENNINGTON by WINIFRED DAVIDSON POINT LOMA SONNETS: 3. EL VELO DEL SOL by WINIFRED DAVIDSON POINT LOMA SONNETS: 4. SILENCES by WINIFRED DAVIDSON POINT LOMA SONNETS: 5. GRAY by WINIFRED DAVIDSON POINT LOMA SONNETS: 6. BLUE by WINIFRED DAVIDSON POINT LOMA SONNETS: 7. RAIN by WINIFRED DAVIDSON APRIL AFTERNOON, POINT LOMA (1769) by WINIFRED DAVIDSON |
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