Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UNDERWORLD, by CORA SPRIESTERBACH


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First Line: The skunk-cabbage rises from the ooze
Last Line: This flower loves her murk and grime...
Subject(s): Skunk Cabbage


The skunk-cabbage rises from the ooze
In places dank and shady, --
But, she is not a flower to choose
For she is not a lady.

Her yellow petals shine and gleam
As gold within the muddy stream,
And like a lily does she seem.

Some lilies rise from dirty slime
As virtue through the midst of crime;
This flower loves her murk and grime...





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