Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TWO GENERATIONS, by ZENOBIA CRUTCHER FEINEMAN


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TWO GENERATIONS, by                    
First Line: Crowned with silver braids - her evening
Last Line: And rock it to a military beat.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


Crowned with silver braids -- her evening dress,
Of tinted lace, designed with modesty --
Her noble brow and gentle loveliness
Portray a queen in all her majesty.

With hand laid gracefully on eager arm
She walks in perfect step beside her king:
Who sees, beholds a rapturous mystic charm --
The gift of time for sweet remembering.

Her hair is neither young nor old
Nor long nor short. She is not bold
Although her cocktail gown is bright,
Revealing -- her manner light.

She seems to say, with head askew,
"Oh, I will tag along with you,"
And trips quite gaily by his side --
Her man, with military stride.

Without a conscious cause for fear
She clings and holds her captive near
And takes a drink with him for "pep" --
To jazz alone, they are in step.

At dawn, his feet are lagging as he walks;
Her vanquished mien reveals a sensed defeat:
Who sees, beholds the modern ghost that stalks
And casts its shade wherever lifestreams meet --

For she will rock a cradle with those feet
And rock it to a military beat.





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