Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GHOST-HOUSE, by EMILY RANDLE


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GHOST-HOUSE, by                    
First Line: Shadows of coolness haunt this hilltop home
Last Line: How shall this silentness be comforted?
Subject(s): Haunted Houses


Shadows of coolness haunt this hilltop home,
Scarred is the shape of grace that stalks around,
Defeat its visioned destiny -- no sound --
The wraith of broken-love in haste to roam
At intervals returns to stir the loam
About the shrubbery roots so closely bound;
Leaves of compassion flutter to the ground
To soften grief with autumn's witching chrome.
Pale petals drift of hopeless cyclamen
Where hid that vow, "My love shall never die" --
I wonder if today your artistry
Could trace that frailty with a potent pen;
Filtered through sorrow, all its laughter dead,
How shall this silentness be comforted?





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