Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TENANTS, by WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON



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TENANTS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As to the old woman
Last Line: In one crow's bill.
Subject(s): Birds; Crows; Death; Old Age; Sheep; Dead, The


As to the Old Woman,
One said she was:
Five white sheep in a pen
And ten crows' caws.

Black winds on brown grasses;
Sick eyes may weep:
Four tears dropped on a hill
And nine crows asleep.

As to the Old Woman,
Old health is ill:
Three smooth worms writhe and whip
In one crow's bill.





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