Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DARK BAMBOOS, by CLIFFORD GESSLER Poet's Biography First Line: The dark bamboos against the sullen sky' Last Line: And dark bamboos against the sullen sky. Subject(s): Bamboo; Winter | ||||||||
"The dark bamboos against the sullen sky" . . . They trace a pattern angular and intricate And pitilessly graceful, in the undulate Swift flowing of the dusk, remote and dim. Surely there is winter in this wind tonight, Where winter never comes, . . . in the low clashing Of stiff bamboos, the interminable dashing Of waves on waves of wind, poured out like grain. And there is winter in the voice of him Who sits beneath, and sings the disconsolate And plaintive strains of Willows in the rain And Dark bamboos against the sullen sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOOKING EAST IN THE WINTER by JOHN HOLLANDER WINTER DISTANCES by FANNY HOWE WINTER FORECAST by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN AT WINTER'S EDGE by JUDY JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE CLOUD TRAIL by CLIFFORD GESSLER |
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