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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BECAUSE MY HEART IS YOUNG, by JANIE SMITH RHYNE First Line: Because my heart is young, trees near the sea Last Line: Coquets with every stripling wind of chance. | |||
Because my heart is young, trees near the sea Of all things seem most pitiful to me. Eternal winds have humbled them so low They lean to windward always, stoop and grow All dwarfed and squat and writhen out of form, Subservient beneath each lashing storm. God prosper for my sake that lithe young bay Deep in an inland thicket. All the day, Despite intolerant pines, it makes a swirl Of ruffled petticoats in gayest whirl, And, pirouetting in a typsy dance, Coquets with every stripling wind of chance. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHALLENGE by JANIE SMITH RHYNE SONG FOR MIDDLE YEARS by JANIE SMITH RHYNE SUN-DOWN SONG by JANIE SMITH RHYNE NURSING HOME: THE VISIT by KAREN SWENSON DEATH (1) by MAXWELL BODENHEIM THE DARK HILLS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON MOON AND VENUS by ABUL MUGHIRA ELEGY FOR A DEAD KING by AL-KUTANDI |
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