Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNRISE IN THE HILLS OF SATSUMA, by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA First Line: The day unfolds like a lotus bloom Last Line: Day has begun. Alternate Author Name(s): Mccall, Sidney; Scott, Mary Mcneil | ||||||||
THE day unfolds like a lotus bloom, Pink at the tip and gold at the core, Rising up swiftly through waters of gloom That lave night's shore. Down bamboo-stalks the sunbeams slide, Darting like glittering elves at play, To the thin arched grass where crickets hide And sing all day. The old crows caw from the camphor boughs, They have builded there for a thousand years; Their nestlings stir in a huddled drowse To pipe shrill fears. A white fox creeps to his home in the hill, A small gray ape peers up at the sun; Crickets and sunbeams are quarrelling still; Day has begun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FLYING FISH by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA MIYOKO SAN by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA MORNING FANCY by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA THE BIRTH OF THE FLOWERS by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA YUKI by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA I KNOW, I REMEMBER, BUT HOW CAN I HELP YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH EASTER WINGS by GEORGE HERBERT ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT by JONATHAN SWIFT COWBOY VERSUS BRONCHO by JAMES BARTON ADAMS PSALM 139 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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