Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THOUGH BIRDS HAVE FLOWN, by BETTIE MARGOT CASSIE First Line: Now that the trees are stripped of all their fire Last Line: Though birds have flown the trees still harbor nests. Subject(s): Autumn; Birds; Dreams; Seasons; Trees; Fall; Nightmares | ||||||||
Now that the trees are stripped of all their fire, And silence reigns where yesterday was song Of love in feathered throats hot with desire . . . Now that brief days are come, and nights too long For all save lovers who recline close-prest Enrapt in dreams, and those tired ones who find Reprieve from life's dull war upon sleep's breast, I am resolved to wipe you from my mind! I shall not let one trace of you defeat My sure forgetting. Nor permit to pass The gates of thought one least regret. -- Ah, Sweet, It matters not what I resolve, alas! This is the verity my heart attests: Though birds have flown the trees still harbor nests. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS FROM MOUNT MANSFIELD by BETTIE MARGOT CASSIE |
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