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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FOUNTAIN, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Don't say, don't say there is no water Last Line: Up and out through the rock Subject(s): Fountains | |||
Don't say, don't say there is no water to solace the dryness at our hearts. I have seen the fountain springing out of the rock wall and you drinking there. And I too before your eyes found footholds and climbed to drink the cool water. The woman of that place, shading her eyes, frowned as she watched - but not because she grudged the water, only because she was waiting to see we drank our fill and were refreshed. Don't say, don't say there is no water. That fountain is there among the scalloped green and gray stones, it is still there and always there with its quiet song and strange power to spring in us, up and out through the rock | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN FOUNTAIN by AMY LOWELL FOUNTAIN IN AVIGNON by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN by ROBERT DUNCAN THE FOUNTAIN (2) by SARA TEASDALE THE FOUNTAIN (3) by SARA TEASDALE ROMAN FOUNTAIN by LOUISE BOGAN INSCRIPTION FOR A FOUNTAIN ON A HEATH by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE AN EMBROIDERY by DENISE LEVERTOV ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTORS by DENISE LEVERTOV COLUMBUS [AUGUST 3, 1492] by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER |
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