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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PERVERSITY, by EVA K. ANGLESBURG First Line: Once it was sweet when darkness veiled the hills Last Line: Missing life's comforts, we would just be bored. Subject(s): Air; Environment; Night; Pollution; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Bedtime | |||
Once it was sweet when darkness veiled the hills To pause and muse beside a star-paved stream, Where young frog-tenors practised runs and trills And fire-fly lanterns flashed with elfin gleam. Then, darkness wafted odors lovelier By far than were the fragrances of day; Then, stillness tangible as gossamer Enfolded earth when Night assumed her sway. But now night's calm is shattered by the roar Of wind-swift, man-created steeds of steel Whose noxious, acrid exhalations pour Pollution on the air; and yet we feel Convinced that if night's charms should be restored Missing life's comforts, we would just be bored. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN BROTHER GENE by EVA K. ANGLESBURG |
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