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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNSET, by HERBERT BASHFORD
First Line: Like some huge bird that sinks to rest
Last Line: It lays a scarlet, outstretched wing.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: Like some huge bird that sinks to rest
Last Line: It lays a scarlet, outstretched wing.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
LIKE some huge bird that sinks to rest,
The sun goes down -- a weary thing --
And o'er the water's placid breast
It lays a scarlet, outstretched wing.
Other Poems of Interest...
LET EVENING COME by JANE KENYON
JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN
FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV
THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN
TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH
IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON
NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE