Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TURN OF THE ROAD, by JAMES STEPHENS


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THE TURN OF THE ROAD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I was playing with my hoop along the road
Last Line: ...Maybe she was a witch from foreign lands!
Subject(s): Old Age; Supernatural; Women


I was playing with my hoop along the road
Just where the bushes are, when, suddenly,
I heard a shout. -- I ran away and stowed
Myself beneath a bush, and watched to see
What made the noise, and then, around the bend,
A woman came.

She was old!
She was wrinkle-faced! She had big teeth! -- The end
Of her red shawl caught on a bush and rolled
Right off her, and her hair fell down. -- Her face
Was white, and awful, and her eyes looked sick,
And she was talking queer.

"O God of Grace!"
Said she, "where is the child?" and flew back quick
The way she came, and screamed, and shook her hands!
...Maybe she was a witch from foreign lands!





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