Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROWAN BERRIES, by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE


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ROWAN BERRIES, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is no colour in the world today
Last Line: More vivid, since their background is so grey.
Alternate Author Name(s): Page, P. K.
Subject(s): Colors; Rowan Berries


There is no colour in the world today;
the sky is leaden; trees are etched in steel;
the vines that climb on dusty poles are grey;
the road, dull thread, unwinding from a reel.
There is no joy in such a day as this.
The wind has swept the colour from the world.
At the Beginning, with a rasping hiss,
on such a day, the nettle leaves uncurled.
And yet . . . and yet, could it be that my mind
was so submerged in grey I did not see
the wind had left a splash of red behind
in rowan berries clustered on a tree?
Like vivid drops of pidgeon's blood they sway
more vivid, since their background is so grey.





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