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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CLOAK, by ANNA LOUISE BARNEY First Line: The cloak life made for her was gray in hue Last Line: Envied the glorious garment that she wore. Subject(s): Fashion | |||
The cloak Life made for her was gray in hue And shaped to hide her lissomness of line, But from the scrap-bags of the folk she knew She cut and fashioned many a gay design And made a border full of fruit and flowers, Orange and green and gold, with here and there A butterfly that danced away the hours, Or red-bird darting through the sun-filled air. A scrap of song a lover sang one day, The kiss a mother gave her latest born, The happy laughter of a child at play Were fashioned all her gray cloak to adorn. And neighbors, passing in and out her door, Envied the glorious garment that she wore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MORNING PAPER, SOCIETY PAGE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE TENDER BUTTONS: COLORED HATS by GERTRUDE STEIN THE RED TURTLENECK by KAREN SWENSON THE STRAPLESS by KAREN SWENSON THE FASHIONS, 1806 by LEWIS BEACH FASHION; A DIALOGUE by JAMES HAY BEATTIE THE FASHION by JOSEPH BEAUMONT TO SIMPLICITY by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS THE CHANGED WOMAN by LOUISE BOGAN |
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