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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRIDE, by JOSEPHINE WINSLOW JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: One by one we lay aside
Last Line: Receives the ultimate pride of life.
Subject(s): Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect
First Line: One by one we lay aside
Last Line: Receives the ultimate pride of life.
Subject(s): Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect
One by one we lay aside
The little notions of our pride.
The candle burns, wax hard and white
Sprawls down grotesque for flame and light.
Immaculate petals hurled by storm
Rip from the green and fruiting form.
Hard flesh of the fruit drops down in weed,
Spots and softens to give its seed.
Death coils in the heart which would retain
The hard white cell and the height unchanged.
A greater dignity comes to those
Sprawled and absurd in the living throes.
Stained and twisted, the earth-torn wife
Receives the ultimate pride of life.
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