Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE, by GERTRUDE P. YOUNG First Line: Often our building blocks of life Last Line: For you will find them there. Subject(s): Life; Past | ||||||||
Often our building blocks of life Are hewn in rough dismay We cannot always have the best Nor seek to choose our way. Just delve into the unseen past To pluck the flowerets fair, And search among the barren wastes, For you will find them there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FERGUS FALLING by GALWAY KINNELL A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV LAST THINGS by WILLIAM MEREDITH CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BRER RABBIT, YOU'S DE CUTES' OF 'EM ALL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 4. THE LOTTERY GIRL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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