Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ADOLESCENCE, by BYRON CHEW


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ADOLESCENCE, by                    
First Line: You ask me
Last Line: And subdue the shore!
Subject(s): Adolescence; Teen Agers


You ask me
"Was that idol man or woman,
Or was it just the ends of a little boy's dream
Tied in a bright knot -- dangling loosely?"

At call of spring
The young grape wraps its tendrils
To the tall, immense oak.
At night the sea
Rests on the still rock-muscles of the shore.

A little boy must hide his hopes in something
Big, stately and masculine --
Something strong,
Lest the expanding tendrils break the oak
Or the sea suddenly tear loose in the storm
And subdue the shore!





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