Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUCOLIC COMEDY: GARDENER JANUS CATCHES A NAIAD, by EDITH SITWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Baskets of ripe fruit in air Last Line: Quick as these. Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening | ||||||||
BASKETS of ripe fruit in air The bird-songs seem, suspended where Between the hairy leaves trills dew, All tasting of fresh green anew. Ma'am, I've heard your laughter flare Through your waspish-gilded hair: Feathered masks, Pots of peas, Janus asks Naught of these, Creaking water Brightly striped, Now I've caught her -- Shrieking biped. Flute sounds jump And turn together, Changing clumps Of glassy feather. In among the Pots of peas Naiad changes -- Quick as these. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOVEMBER GARDEN: AN ELEGY by ANDREW HUDGINS AN ENGLISH GARDEN IN AUSTRIA (SEEN AFTER DER ROSENKAVALIER) by RANDALL JARRELL ACROSS THE BROWN RIVER by GALWAY KINNELL A DESERTED GARDEN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS NOT THE SWEET CICELY OF GERARDES HERBALL by MARGARET AVISON AN OLD GARDEN by HERBERT BASHFORD AN OLD WOMAN: 2. HARVEST by EDITH SITWELL |
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