Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DISTURBED WASP; TO WILLIAM BEEBE, by ANNE MILLAY BREMER First Line: They beat in rhythm all Last Line: Man! Have you no heart? Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Heritage; Heredity | ||||||||
THEY beat in rhythm all: His numerous progenitors, Since those diluvian ancestors, Who sailed with Noah the skipper (Without a bar sinister). In rhythm universal: Wasp father, children, wife. Then in their unspoilt jungle life You came, and did your part... Man! have you no heart? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CRESCENT MOON ON A CAT?ÇÖS COLLAR by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA DOCKERY AND SON by PHILIP LARKIN GENEALOGY OF FIRE by KHALED MATTAWA EAST OF CARTHAGE: AN IDYLL by KHALED MATTAWA FOR AL-TAYIB SALIH by KHALED MATTAWA HISTORY OF MY FACE by KHALED MATTAWA BEGINNING WITH 1914 by LISEL MUELLER AN AMERICAN POEM by EILEEN MYLES TO THE DIASPORA: YOU DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE AFRIKA by GWENDOLYN BROOKS |
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