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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PARLOR FURNITURE, by GLENN WARD DRESBACH First Line: She kept the blinds down so it would not fade Last Line: The moths of loneliness had nibbled through! Subject(s): Furniture | |||
She kept the blinds down so it would not fade -- Her parlor furniture that just a few Old neighbors saw on cleaning days displayed, And when she died it was as good as new... Except in spots the moths had nibbled out The rosebud pattern, and the springs had tried For years to push the bottoms down -- without A weight to help their tightness coiled inside. No dents of swinging heels were on the hard Bright finish of the wood; no rainy day Had made that couch a ship; no chair was scarred Where tops had spun their rainbow paint away... What patterns of her dreams, if we but knew, The moths of loneliness had nibbled through! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SANDING THE CHAIRS by MADELINE DEFREES FURNITURE MOVER by CHARLES SIMIC IT WAS IN HOUSTON by GERALD STERN THE ANTIQUE DESK by ROBERTA ROBERTSON PRICE OF STABILITY by KJELL HJERN ART OF SITTING IN A CHAIR by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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