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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SEAMSTRESS, by HENRI BARBUSSE First Line: A glimmer of daylight through the rain Last Line: In invisible song. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Retail Trade; Seamstresses; Sewing; Work; Workers; Stores; Shops; Shopkeepers | |||
A glimmer of daylight through the rain. The yellow and blue sun forms Rays pearly with storms Over the houses and over the plain. Bent gloomily, she sews In the greedy shop, But over the housetop She feels the rainbow's Crescent ring Limitless over the housetops Still advance with rain drops, And quietly starts to sing. Sings of the wide expanse, The future's flowered aisles ... Watching her hands, she smiles. Believing her romance, Believing beauty's face, Believing harmony,— Infinite she must be, Her lips across all space. Later, still awhirl, Murmuring olden airs She moves toward home stairs In the evening swirl. In the midst of the throng Heedless of jostling Alone in the bustling Because of her song. Sweetly, vainly along, She returns from her work Wandering where dreams lurk In invisible song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAST SONG FOR THE MEND-IT SHOP by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE STRAWBERRIES IN MEXICO by RON PADGETT SUMMER SHIRT SALE by CARL SANDBURG ESSAY: THE HANGING PARADOGS SLIP by ELENI SIKELIANOS DRUG STORE by JOHN VAN ALSTYN WEAVER HUDSON RIVER ANTHOLOGY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS ANTIQUE JEWELER by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER |
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