Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PATIO, by GLENN WARD DRESBACH


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE PATIO, by                    
First Line: This place is at its dreams between the walls
Last Line: In such a place one feels, but who may find!
Subject(s): Patios


This place is at its dreams between the walls
That guard it, crumbling as the years go by.
Faint whispers stir in leaves. A gray bird calls
Upon a branch against sun-flooded sky.

The lizards creep to bask upon the stones
Where dainty slippers tapped beneath the stars
So long ago. Now come soft monotones
Where once the hush turned silvery with guitars.

When twilight comes, what laughter, faintly heard,
Wakes these red flowers in their olden place?
When stars come out, what shadowy shapes are stirred
To life for memory of some lovely face? ...
What hearts have had and left at last behind
In such a place one feels, but who may find!





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net