Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: The sweet west wind, the prairie school Last Line: A legacy to those who come from those who come no more. Subject(s): Books; Prairies; Schools; Teaching & Teachers; Reading; Plains; Students | ||||||||
THE sweet west wind, the prairie school a break in the yellow wheat, The prairie trail that wanders by to the place where the four winds meet A trail with never an end at all to the children's eager feet. The morning scents, the morning sun, a morning sky so blue The distance melts to meet it till both are lost to view In a little line of glory where the new day beckons through And out of the glow, the children: a whoop and a calling gay, A clink of lunch-pails swinging as they clash in mimic fray, A shout and a shouting echo from a world as young as they! The prairie school! The well-tramped earth, so ugly and so dear, The piney steps where teacher stands, a saucy gopher near, A rough-cut pole where the flag flies up to a shrill voiced children's cheer. So stands the outpost! Time and change will crowd its widening door, Big with the dreams we visioned and the hopes we battled for A legacy to those who come from those who come no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN by THOMAS LUX GRADESCHOOL'S LARGE WINDOWS by THOMAS LUX A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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