Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OVERTURE, by AMANDA BENJAMIN HALL First Line: A plague of stars was overhead Last Line: "I think we may begin . . . ." Alternate Author Name(s): Brownell, John A., Mrs. Subject(s): Stars | ||||||||
A plague of stars was overhead, Of small, insectous ones, And many little milk-sop moons, And microscopic suns. An iron owl with lantern eye Above the wood's dark rust Saw cart-wheels turning in the sky, Admired the pretty dust, And made a moan and dubbed it song, Then listened to the sound: It was a hurt a meter long And bleeding as a wound. While lustrous lay the earth below With silver going cheap There wasn't anyone to know -- (The greedy were asleep!) But from the coppice to the left A satyr or its brother Leaped lightly, showed its foot was cleft, And beckoned to another. With faces green as gas and look As comic as your own They clambered out of every nook Among the frosted stone, And from metallic flowers, stiff, Dew-smelling and night-dim, The fairies rose and stretched as if To ease the aching limb. While moonbeams pelted down like rain The pitter-patter feet Came ringing bells across the plain Or hopping from retreat. On mushroom seats of splashing gold, Of pearl or ivory, They filed to place as they were told Proudly and funnily. Then was a pompous pixie heard, Gray with a gargoyle grin, And, tinkle-tinkle, fell his word, "I think we may begin . . . ." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EPIC STARS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HYMN TO THE STARS by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE by JAMES GALVIN TO SEE THE STARS IN DAYLIGHT by JAMES GALVIN |
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