Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEVOTION, by MINNETTE SLAYBACK CARPER First Line: She stole a moment from each day of toil Last Line: The grass is clipped, and flowers are planted there. Subject(s): Family Life; Women; Man-woman Relationships | ||||||||
She stole a moment from each day of toil To nurture blossoms in a rainbow mass, And in a squared-off plot she sheared the grass About her house. Her husband tilled the soil. He thought it nonsense thus to slave and moil For flowers. He would sit and read the news And figure up what were his debts and dues. He 'lowed she did enough to bake and broil, To bother with the butter and the milk, To feed the chickens and to gather eggs, He could not see why they should tire their legs To cut the grass or work for poppies' silk. Her grave is beautifully kept. With care The grass is clipped, and flowers are planted there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS TWENTY QUESTIONS by DAVID LEHMAN |
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