Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHADOWLAND, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO First Line: One by one the flakes are falling Last Line: "vacant will be shadowland." Subject(s): Ghosts; Shadows; Spirituality; Supernatural | ||||||||
One by one the flakes are falling, Like a silent, ghostlike band; Softly seems the night-wind calling Them, from homes in shadowland. One by one they fill the meadow, Covering its giants grand; Dim of outline, without shadow, Yet they float from shadowland. Up in mid-air, ghostly flitting, Beckoning with small, white hand To the elfin snow-wraiths, sitting Far above in shadowland. And, methinks, a voice is singing Words, I, too, can understand, And its echoes sweetly ringing, Float away to shadowland. "They are spirits," thus discloses Silvery voice from gleaming strand; "Spirits of the summer roses, Dwelling pale in shadowland." "They to earth, once more, are going, Falling from our Father's hand; When the roses shall be blowing, Vacant will be shadowland." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MOTHS: 1. CIRCA 1582 by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS IN ENGLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GHOST OF DEACON BROWN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON EN PASSANT by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A DREAM OF LIFE by MIRIAM DEL BANCO A FLOW'RET IN THE GARLAND; FOR OUT GREAT CENTENARIAN by MIRIAM DEL BANCO |
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