Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE BRIDGE, by ARTHUR REED ROPES First Line: All the storm has rolled away Last Line: Down the ladders of the leaves. Alternate Author Name(s): Roos, Adrian Subject(s): Bridges; Storms | ||||||||
ALL the storm has rolled away, Only now a cloud or two Drifts in ragged disarray Over the deep darkened blue; And the risen golden moon Shakes the shadows of the trees Round the river's stillnesses And the birdsong of the June. Under me the current glides, Brown and deep and dimly lit, Soundless save against the sides Of the arch that narrows it; And the only sound that grieves Is a noise that never stops, Footsteps of the falling drops Down the ladders of the leaves. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STORM AT HOPTIME by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THERE IS A SOLEMN WIND TONIGHT by KATHERINE MANSFIELD DEWEY AND DANCER by JOSEPHINE MILES MICHAEL IS AFRAID OF THE STORM by GWENDOLYN BROOKS BREACHING THE ROCK by MADELINE DEFREES THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE OCEAN by STEPHEN DOBYNS OF POLITICS, & ART by NORMAN DUBIE TREMENDOUS WIND AND RAIN by ANSELM HOLLO |
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