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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CAMBODIAN BOX, by KAREN SWENSON Poet's Biography First Line: The silver betel box is formed by two geese Last Line: Mated perfectly as these shining geese. Subject(s): Cambodia; Carving (arts) | |||
The silver betel box is formed by two geese nestled closely as a contented couple in their silver scallops of feathers. Empty in the shop window in Bangkok of all but its beauty, what household of servants and polished teak did it belong to before it came through the jungle in a pocket to buy a month's rice? The able hands, brown as bread crusts, that formed this sheen of necks and breasts are matched by another pair, the color of rouge, which practice death's craft in the paradox of hands mated perfectly as these shining geese. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTAGLIOS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE CARVER IN STONE by JOHN DRINKWATER AN ART MASTER by JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY THE CARVER'S LESSON by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER THE WHITE HORSE OF WESTBURY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THAT KIND OF POEM' by KAREN SWENSON A COLONIAL MORNING DREAM by KAREN SWENSON |
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