Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PEACOCK FEATHERS, by NATHALIA CRANE First Line: I went forth in the morning Last Line: All of the peacock's tail. Subject(s): Birds; Feathers; Peacocks | ||||||||
I went forth in the morning, Down to the ten-cent store, Found them arranging feathers -- Plumes that the peacock wore. Found them parading wonders -- Never so great a crime -- Selling the peacock's feathers, Two for a single dime. Straight from the stands I drew them, Even the broken ones, Cheers from the paper flowers, Smiles from the pasteboard nuns. Only five words I uttered -- Thus do the gods prevail -- Walked off with forty feathers, All of the peacock's tail. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLD BEFORE DAWN' by KENNETH REXROTH THE PEACOCK OF JAVA by WILLIAM JAY SMITH THE PEACOCK by SCOTTIE MCKENZIE FRASIER ALCIDA: VERSES by ROBERT GREENE THE WHITE PEACOCK by STUART MERRILL SPUMA DAL MARE (ON THE LATIN COAST) by WILLIAM SHARP NOT THE BIRD by JOSEPH SKIPSEY THE SWAN AND THE PEACOCK by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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