Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WATER, by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The water-venus in dissolving beauty Last Line: From living waters into birth. Subject(s): Beauty; Mythology - Classical; Sea; Venus (goddess); Ocean | ||||||||
The water-Venus in dissolving beauty Pours into our night-cities her seas' multitude, Steeps with her dew the gardens of the earth, And in our veins, still tidal to her moon The life-blood surges out to her in waves That break in tears or fleeting vain delight. But in mid-ocean of desire The King of Fishes stands Upon the teeming seas, and to him rise Like salmon to the poacher's light Miraculous drafts of Venus' spawn As from her element we are drawn, From living waters into birth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS A MESSAGE TO MICHAEL by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE |
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