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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GHOST OF DEACON BROWN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE HEART'S RETURN by EDWIN MARKHAM ESCAPE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ROUGE BOUQUET [MARCH 7, 1918] by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER PSALM 26. JUDICA ME DEUS by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 89. THE LIMIT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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