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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CASTAWAYS, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The vivid grass with visible delight Last Line: I have the strength to bear but not to see. Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): Nature; Homeless | |||
The vivid grass with visible delight Springing triumphant from the pregnant earth, The butterflies, and sparrows in brief flight Chirping and dancing for the season's birth, The dandelions and rare daffodils That touch the deep-stirred heart with hands of gold, The thrushes sending forth their joyous trills,-- Not these, not these did I at first behold! But seated on the benches daubed with green, The castaways of life, a few asleep, Some withered women desolate and mean, And over all, life's shadows dark and deep. Moaning I turned away, for misery I have the strength to bear but not to see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO AN OLD BLACK WOMAN, HOMELESS AND INDISTINCT by GWENDOLYN BROOKS HOMELESS COMPLEYNT by ALLEN GINSBERG CALAMITIES: ANOTHER EDEN by LINDA GREGG IN MEMORIAM, RAY THOMPSON (1943-1990) by JACK HIRSCHMAN THE FERRY by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT FIGHTING FIRE by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT |
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