Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PUDDLES, by RUTH ECKMAN


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PUDDLES, by                    
First Line: Little puddles have a way
Last Line: That have no stars to show?
Subject(s): Flowers


Little puddles have a way
Of fixing up at night . . .
In apricot and apple-green,
In rose and petalled-white.

In lemon-yellow they've been seen,
In bronze and golden-glow.
And sometimes they are carnival
And hems of scarlet show.

Round about the set of sun
You will see them flower . . .
Glist'ning in the country lanes
For a sunset hour.

Little puddles have a way
Of turning black and deep . . .
Save the favored few that find
A star or two to keep.

Nights are long and nights are drear
Go clock hands fast or slow . . .
What do little puddles do
That have no stars to show?





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