Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COYOTE, by JOHN VANCE CHENEY Poet's Biography First Line: A dim lithe shape moves over the mesa Last Line: Ha, ha, coyote! Subject(s): Coyotes | ||||||||
A DIM lithe shape moves over the mesa, Roves with the night wind up and down; The light-foot ghost, the wild dog of the shadow, Howls on the level beyond the town. Cry, cry Coyote! No fellow has he, with leg or wing, No mate has that spectre in fur or feather; In the sage brush is whelped a fuzzy thing, And mischief itself helps lick him together. Up, cub Coyote! The winds come blowing over and over, The great white moon is looking down; In the throat of the dog is devil's laughter. Is he baying the moon or baying the town? Howl, howl, Coyote! The shadow-dog on the windy mesa, He sits, and he laughs in his devil's way, Look to the roost and lock up the lambkin; A deal may happen 'twixt now and the day. Ha, ha, Coyote! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COYOTE CHORUS by ANNE BIRDSALL MY ENEMY by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. THE COYOTE by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. COYOTE NO. 1 by JAMES HARRISON GEO-BESTIARY: 33 by JAMES HARRISON COYOTE [OR, THE PRAIRIE WOLF] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE THE DESERT by HENRY (HARRY) HERBERT KNIBBS THREE DEER AND ONE COYOTE RUNNING IN THE SNOW by GARY SYNDER COYOTE, WITH MANGE by MARK WUNDERLICH THE MAN WITH THE HOE'; A REPLY by JOHN VANCE CHENEY |
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