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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KEY, by EMILY BLANCHE MANN GROBY First Line: They who have old houses should save the keys Last Line: Going in and out; -- as it was long before. Subject(s): Family Life; Houses; Keys; Relatives | |||
They who have old houses should save the keys: There is so much going in and out Or ringing of the bells or looking about. Everywhere there are doors Or chairs and people moving about . . . A grandfather sits in his high-back chair Beside the fire: he no longer needs a key To enter there. A mother sews . . . Little shoes and bonnets Are dancing through the door; -- or one too slowly goes. Today is the same as yesterday Or the year before or a hundred years ago: The key is the same as lost; who should know Or care about the door? The key is lost -- always there is some one Going in and out; -- as it was long before. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES LIZARDS AND SNAKES by ANTHONY HECHT THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES: I LOVE by LYN HEJINIAN CHILD ON THE MARSH by ANDREW HUDGINS MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS PLAYING DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS THE GLASS HAMMER by ANDREW HUDGINS INSECT LIFE OF FLORIDA by LYNDA HULL IN A SMALL HOUSE by EMILY BLANCHE MANN GROBY |
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