Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE OPAL DREAM CAVE, by KATHERINE MANSFIELD


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First Line: In an opal dream cave I found a fairy
Last Line: Empty now is my opal dream cave.
Alternate Author Name(s): Murry, John Middleton, Mrs.; Beauchamp, Kathleen
Subject(s): Fairies


In an opal dream cave I found a fairy:
Her wings were frailer than flower petals,
Frailer far than snowflakes.
She was not frightened, but poised on my finger,
Then delicately walked into my hand.
I shut the two palms of my hands together
And held her prisoner.
I carried her out of the opal cave,
Then opened my hands.
First she became thistledown,
Then a mote in a sunbeam,
Then -- nothing at all.
Empty now is my opal dream cave.





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