Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD WOMAN FAIRY, by MARY BRODINE First Line: She dressed in tiered petticoats Last Line: And sang through a straw. | ||||||||
She dressed in tiered petticoats, Tissued and green, And drifted her hair like a wind That listed and flew and careened, Leaving the air odors of almond, Carnation and mint And the watered, wet musk Of weeds in the sea. She ate from her fingers figs and wild wheat; And when she was tired She rode a black turtle And sang through a straw. | Other Poems of Interest...JAZZONIA by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES PREJUDICE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON RECESSIONAL by RUDYARD KIPLING ELIOT'S OAK; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE LABORS OF HERCULES by MARIANNE MOORE |
|