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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOSTALGIA, by IGNACE M. INGIANNI
First Line: I must go back where emerald waters hide
Last Line: By gazing at the glory of a field.
Subject(s): Nostalgia
First Line: I must go back where emerald waters hide
Last Line: By gazing at the glory of a field.
Subject(s): Nostalgia
I must go back where emerald waters hide
Among the scented ferns and mossy bed
Of yellow lilies nodding head on head
Spilling their petalled goblets with the tide.
My doors and windows shall be opened wide
For I must live with birds and vines that spread
Their tangled flames about my weathered shed;
Where winds shall be my music and my guide.
I must go back and trample down the years
And lean my weary limbs upon a plow --
Forget these empty days, remembering how
The morning breaks over the earth with spears
Of liquid fire; I know I shall be healed
By gazing at the glory of a field.
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