Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FOREST RANGERS, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poet's Biography First Line: Red is the arch of the nightmare sky Last Line: Fight! For it is not ours. Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Forests; Ranch Life; Woods | ||||||||
Red is the arch of the nightmare sky, Red are the mountains beneath, Bright where a million red imps leap high, Dancing and snapping their teeth. A keen fight! a clean fight! Shoulder your shovels and follow Up, while they stop in the pines at the top, Shooting their sparks in showers. Up, with your hats ducking under the smoke of it, Next to the scorch of it, into the choke of it! Fight for the ranch in the hollow. Fight! for it is not ours. Why are we fighting from dark to day, From summit to canyon wall? Twice for the Service, and once the pay Most, the hot fun of it all! A stand fight! a grand fight! Into the smother we wallow, Stopping their march where the ridge pines parch Over the shriveling flowers. Stick! with the smoke steaming out of the coats of you, Sweat in the eyes of you, fire in the throats of you! Fight for the ranch in the hollow. Fight! for it is not ours. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER A BORDER AFFAIR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A BAD HALF HOUR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A COWBOY'S PRAYER (WRITTEN FOR MOTHER) by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |
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