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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WALLS, by MARJORIE MEEKER First Line: Ask me why I peer Last Line: Can split a rock. | |||
Ask me why I peer Through such a narrow cranny -- I say that sky from here Is better than not any. The walls that shut me in No mind can make immortal; My harder will shall win The yet unthought-of portal. Ask why I take root Where nothing green is growing -- I say that seed and shoot Follow the mad wind's sowing; But where these live roots turn And thrust, no wall shall block: Tendril of frailest fern Can split a rock. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLOR OF WATER by MARJORIE MEEKER LAST SONG TO A POET by MARJORIE MEEKER LATE AUTUMN, EARLY WINTER by MARJORIE MEEKER SENTIMENTAL HISTORY by MARJORIE MEEKER SONG FOR A MAY NIGHT by MARJORIE MEEKER THE DEFEATED YEARS by MARJORIE MEEKER THE UNWARY HEART by MARJORIE MEEKER WITCH'S SONG by MARJORIE MEEKER TREES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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