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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IRONY, by GLADYS BROWN DENISON
First Line: A brave young pine tree
Last Line: The pine tree reaches for.
Subject(s): Irony
First Line: A brave young pine tree
Last Line: The pine tree reaches for.
Subject(s): Irony
A brave young pine tree
Stretches trembling finger tips
Striving to reach a sky
It cannot touch.
A pool of purple water
Lies silent and unaspiring
Holding in its arms the beauty
The pine tree reaches for.
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