Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOMING, by ARNA BONTEMPS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet timber land Last Line: And screaming bitterly? | ||||||||
Sweet timber land Where soft winds blow The high green tree And fan away the fog! Ah fragrant stream Where thirsty creatures go And strong black men Hew the heavy log! Oh broken house Crumbling there alone. Wanting me! Oh silent tree Must I always be A wild bird Riding the wind And screaming bitterly? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN EPITAPH UPON HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO DIED AND WERE BURIED by RICHARD CRASHAW MY LOVE COULD WALK by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES GLOIRE DE DIJON by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE SIMON LEGREE: NEGRO SERMON; MEMORIAL TO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE EBB AND FLOW by EDWARD TAYLOR |
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