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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADVICE TO A BLUE-BIRD, by MAXWELL BODENHEIM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who can make a delicate adventure Last Line: Within a sky, and rob it of its blue! Subject(s): Birds; Bluebirds | |||
Who can make a delicate adventure Of walking on the ground? Who can make a grass-blades Arcades for pertly careless straying? You alone, who skim against these leaves, Turning all desire into light whips Molded by your deep blue wing-tips, You who shrill your unconcern Into the sternly antique sky. You to whom all things Hold an equal kiss of touch. Mincing, wanton blue-bird, Grimace at the hoofs of passing men. You alone can lose yourself Within a sky, and rob it of its blue! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST WORD OF A BLUEBIRD; AS TOLD TO A CHILD by ROBERT FROST THE FIRST BLUEBIRD by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE BLUEBIRD by WILLIAM P. ALEXANDER THE BLUE BIRD by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA L'OISEAU BLEU (AFTER CHARLES CONDER) by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE BLUEBIRD by JOHN BURROUGHS THE BLUEBIRD by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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