Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STONE INTO ROSE, by FRANK ERNEST HILL Poet's Biography First Line: Beside the paved street dig a place for roots Last Line: Back to the earth in rain to feed a rose. Subject(s): Flowers; Roses; Stones; Granite; Rocks | ||||||||
Beside the paved street dig a place for roots; Pump out the water, break the rock with drills Until another cube of granite shoots Up from this earth that once was trees and hills. Lift a hard stalk to bear you wheels and square Blossoms of paper, wood, and ordered words; I'll break the earth to launch a rosebush where Nothing shall shadow it but wind-spun birds. Your stone and glass, being hard, will crumble down, Gnawed by the teeth of rats, the feet of men; Stone makes good dust, and once being overthrown, Scatters no seed that comes to growth again; Unless, sucked up by wind, at last it goes Back to the earth in rain to feed a rose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STONE'S SECRET by MARGARET AVISON CONTRA MORTEM: THE STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH NAMING FOR LOVE by HAYDEN CARRUTH OF THE STONES OF THE PLACE by ROBERT FROST THE EYE IN THE ROCK by JOHN HAINES THE HEAD ON THE TABLE by JOHN HAINES |
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