Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCTURNE, by LE BARON COOKE First Line: Moonlight, and the sparkle of nude boys Last Line: Unafraid, they all creep into the shelter of the the throbbing dark. Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Youth; Male-female Relations | ||||||||
Moonlight, and the sparkle of nude boys Dancing like slender fauns across the sandbar, Enchant the night. Girls, unclad, in the witchery Of virgin whiteness, Scurry across the stretches of moonlit beach Like sprites From the passionate sea- Over slippery crag and rock The boys pursue them, Till they are tormentingly beyond Their impetuous arms. Suddenly the moon is devoured by a giant cloud; Unafraid, they all creep into the shelter of the the throbbing Dark. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS TWENTY QUESTIONS by DAVID LEHMAN |
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