Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FRIENDLY HOUSE, by GEORGE ELLISTON


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FRIENDLY HOUSE, by                    
First Line: This is a friendly house
Last Line: A home -- shall be.
Subject(s): Home


This is a friendly house --
It stretches out,
Great loving arms and clasps
Them close about.

But yesterday I went
Along a street
Seeking a house my heart
Rejoiced to meet.

Coldly, so many stood,
Hands pinioned down,
And then this one here at
The edge of town.

Even the weed-choked path
Bade me good-day
And all the windows smiled,
The friendliest way!

I can live here and be
At home, my peace,
Twofold, too truly deep,
Ever to cease.

When I come in I'll say
A welcome and
My house will answer me,
Will understand.

This is a friendly house,
I can not tell
Just why or how, I know,
By rote or bell.

But 'tis a friendly place --
And oh to me
Comfort and dreams and more --
A home -- shall be.





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