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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ABANDONED TOW-PATH, by ELIAS LIEBERMAN First Line: In idle dalliance now it welcomes weeds Last Line: The rotted locks draw open noiselessly. | |||
In idle dalliance now it welcomes weeds; Grasshoppers dance along its unused ways; A rainbow blur of flowers tells of seeds The wind had caught in care-free yesterdays. And resting close beside it, almost dry, A greenish ghost of what was once a stream Sags low within its muddy bed, as lie The broken things whose life is but a dream. In memory alone it suffers pain: Informal insect choirs and elfin brass Intone a dirge for all who wax and wane, A requiem for all who thrive and pass. Sometimes, beneath the moon, it wakes to see The rotted locks draw open noiselessly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOSEF ISRAELS by ELIAS LIEBERMAN PICKING AND CHOOSING by MARIANNE MOORE SPRING'S NEBRASKA by KAREN SWENSON THE CULPRIT FAY by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE BATTLE SONG by EBENEZER ELLIOTT DIRGE (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE BRACELET: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK ROUTE MARCH by CHARLES HAMILTON SORLEY |
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