Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EARLY SPRING AT THE WOODS' EDGE, by FRIEDRICH ADOLF AXEL DETLEV VON LILIENCRON


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

EARLY SPRING AT THE WOODS' EDGE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In naked trees about me jackdaws shriek
Last Line: And from the fields the easter-psalms ring high.
Alternate Author Name(s): Liliencron, Detlev Von
Subject(s): Spring


In naked trees about me jackdaws shriek,
the woodpecker knocks on, busy and sly;
over the ferns, hither and yon, a streak
of lemon-yellow marks a butterfly.
A hawk swoops like an arrow, with poised beak,
sheering from the plow-handle toward the sky.
Heaven, the bud-sower, shows a laughing cheek,
and from the fields the Easter-psalms ring high.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net