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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDER THE WHARF, by IDA COLE BARTLATT First Line: Silurus shoals and water butterflies Last Line: Rising from this dark flood to seek eternal breath? Subject(s): Birds; Death; Floods; Gulls; Seashore; Water; Dead, The; Seagulls; Beach; Coast; Shore | |||
Silurus shoals and water butterflies Evade the seagulls as they dip and rise; The restless, sullen waters gnaw the shore To build new sandbanks, ever—evermore. How many human rats crawl here to hide, And fall asleep, lulled by the lapping tide? How many souls grope through the mist of death ... Rising from this dark flood to seek eternal breath? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS EASTERN LONG ISLAND by MARVIN BELL THE WIND IS BLOWING WEST by JOSEPH CERAVOLO IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF by LUCILLE CLIFTON GEOGRAPHY AS WARNING by MADELINE DEFREES POWER FAILURE by MADELINE DEFREES |
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