Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELLEN, IF KEATS, by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM First Line: Ellen, when we walked in that turquoise night Last Line: To gorgeous torsos, statues warmly cold! Subject(s): Keats, John (1795-1821); Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
ELLEN, when we walked in that turquoise night, Smouldering in frosty, yellow stars, you were Like Sargent's Dancer glamorous in a stir Of shadowing. . . . A nervous bit of white With an unearthly glow upon your face. . . A sketchy background. . . there, a dreamy hill, And, here, a wavering rim of purple space -- O what a study for a master's skill! If Keats were here, I wonder, would he mumble, "The universal tinge of sober gold?" O he would be so tender, strange, and humble, So thrilled with beauty stars would move and stumble Into his faltering words for him to mold To gorgeous torsos, statues warmly cold! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB APRIL DAY by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM |
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