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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLAM DIGGERS ON IPSWICH FLATS, by JENNIE F. CHASE First Line: Bent forms on wide great flats are swiftly digging Last Line: For the tide has turned, as the tide will turn alway! Subject(s): Clams | |||
Bent forms on wide great flats are swiftly digging, Legs spread and supple muscles well in play; They strike, and with deft fingers snatch their harvest Wet and shining, from the mass of slaty clay. For the tide will turn -- the tide will turn alway. Work done, their motor-boats dash up the river, With wakes of flashing foam upon their way, The slate-blue masses shine in rough clam-baskets, Bronzed faces gleam, with song and laughter gay -- For the tide has turned, as the tide will turn alway! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO A CLAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE MISAPPELLATION by STEPHANIE L. BINCKLI MY NEW CLAM by STEPHANIE L. BINCKLI PRECIOUS STONES; AN INCIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY ADVICE TO A CLAM-DIGGER; AN AMERICAN GEORGIC by WILBERT SNOW WOMEN WHO ARE POETS IN MY LAND by BLAGA DIMITROVA SPRING NIGHT by HAGIWARA SAKUTARO DEAD FISH ON THE SHORE WITH CLAMS by PABLO MEDINA DANGER OF DIGGING FOR CLAMS by LENORA STEELE WAR IS KIND: 12 by STEPHEN CRANE |
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