Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GRIME, by ANNE HARLEY AVILA First Line: You might have paled bernhardt's camille Last Line: Is grime. Subject(s): Cleanliness | ||||||||
You might have paled Bernhardt's Camille Or Shakespeare's greenwood tree, Drowned out Shelly's skylark or The Chimes of Normandy. But you are beating parlor rugs And scraping kitchen soot, And washing window glass with grime Bound to you hand and foot. You might have walked in marble courts, Stood under frescoed domes; You might have climbed the Eiffel Tower And plumbed the catacombs. But you are bandaging stubbed toes And poulticing bee stings, And drying smudgy tears with grime Tied to your apron strings. And if it should touch your lips More bright than any chime, Or lark or flower or greenwood tree Is grime. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM HERE TO THERE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE RODNEY DYING: 3 by JEAN VALENTINE THE GROOMING by PATTIANN ROGERS HOUSECLEANING DAY IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY THE PERNICKETY WIFE by J. KNOX CHRISTIE WASHER-WOMAN by CONSTANCE CRANE THE SIX-O'CLOCK RUSH by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY IMMACULATE by UARDA ROSAMOND GARRETT DOMESDAY BOOK: ALMA BELL TO THE CORONER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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