Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIRVANA, by JOAN BUCKLEY First Line: If I could be like the clover Last Line: With god's great broom . . . Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise | ||||||||
If I could be like the clover, Patient and still; Turning from fevered pleasures, Resigning my will. Folding my hands together Softly in prayer; As clover-leaves are folded From evening air. Then I might weave a poem On mystic loom, Delicate, fresh and simple As clover bloom. If I could sweep me bare With God's great broom . . . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX |
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