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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BALLOON MAN, by HOWARD MUMFORD JONES Poet's Biography First Line: Balloons like a a flock of colored birds, hovering over his Last Line: Sky! Subject(s): Balloons | |||
Balloons like a a flock of colored birds, hovering over his wizened face, Purple and gold and yellow birds, a bubbling glory against the sky, And out of the nest of colors, shrill as the hunting horn of an elfin chase, A whistle floats, and a little man in a derby hat goes shuffling by. "Ballo-ons! Ballo-ons! Fi' cent ballo-ons!" Colored like stars and round like moons! The planets are only bright balloons, loose and drifting across the sky! He holds the strings in his hands with the air of an incog lordling bored with gold, But the secret is that he's tied to them, and some day, lifted along a breeze, We'll see him rise like a goblin man at the end of the threads he has to hold, And kicking and whistling, dim to a point over the grinning roofs and the trees! "Ballo-ons! Ballo-ons! Fi' cent ballo-ons!" He sings old magic and ancient tunes! The sun is only a yellow balloon that swims and sails in the heat of the sky! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHANSON INNOCENTE: 1, FR. TULIPS by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS FANTAISIES DECORATIVES: 2. LES BALLOONS by OSCAR WILDE THE 'MONSTRE' BALLOON by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE BALLOON MAN by JEAN M. BATCHELOR THE TOY BALLOONS by EDNA BECKER THE BALLOON by EMILY DICKINSON ODE TO MESSRS. GREEN, HOLLOND, AND MONCK MASON by THOMAS HOOD THE BALLOON PEDDLER by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY COSMOS FLOWERS by HOWARD MUMFORD JONES |
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