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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SMOTHERED FIRES, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A woman with a burning flame Last Line: She breathed a soft—good-night! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Passion | |||
A woman with a burning flame Deep covered through the years With ashes. Ah! she hid it deep, And smothered it with tears. Sometimes a baleful light would rise From out the dusky bed, And then the woman hushed it quick To slumber on, as dead. At last the weary war was done The tapers were alight, And with a sigh of victory She breathed a soft—good-night! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH ON PASSION AS A LITERARY TRADITION by JOHN CIARDI LES GRANDES PASSIONS MANQUEES by IRVING FELDMAN OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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