Geraniums . . . Who ever heard that Sappho put Geraniums in her hair? Or thought that Cleopatra brushed Her long Greek face against their petals? Did Beatrice carry them? Or any bird sigh out his wild-fire heart In passion for them? Yet sparrows, far outnumbering nightingales, Have gossiped under their tomato cans, And lonely spinsters loved them more than cats, And living girls have felt quite festive, going Down vulgar streets With such unsubtle gaiety at their belts. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE by BEN JONSON TO A CERTAIN CIVILIAN by WALT WHITMAN RHAPSODY by MARTIN DONISTHORPE ARMSTRONG BRITANNIA TO COLUMBIA by ALFRED AUSTIN ECCE IN DESERTO by HENRY AUGUSTIN BEERS THE THINKER'S VISION by WILLIAM ROSE BENET PARTY CARD NO. 224332 by ALEXANDR ILYICH BEZYMENSKY |