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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD WOMAN FAIRY, by MARY BRODINE
First Line: She dressed in tiered petticoats
Last Line: And sang through a straw.
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...
BENEDICITE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
COMPLAINS OF THE COURT by PHILIP AYRES
VERSES TO AN INFANT by BERNARD BARTON
HEADS, HEARTS, AND HANDS by GEORGE W. BUNGAY
THE AUTHOR'S EARNEST CRY AND PRAYER by ROBERT BURNS