Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FISHERMEN (THE JERSEY COAST), by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poet's Biography First Line: They stand as still as shapes in bronze Last Line: The crush and roar of modern lifeand christ in galilee! Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; New Jersey; Seashore; Anglers; Beach; Coast; Shore | ||||||||
THEY stand as still as shapes in bronze, great-bodied, pipe in mouth; A slant-stacked steamer trails the sky with smoke, against the South; Far out they watch the toiling tides that lift in crests of foam, Alert to glimpse the rippled stir where schools of bluefish roam; They seldom move, they seldom break the fancy of the eye That makes them seem a common part of earth and sea and sky. ... A space beyond, the bathing folk along a sandstrip run, And pasty-visaged city groups slouch shaded from the sun, And, of a sudden, as in dream, on either hand I see The crush and roar of modern lifeand Christ in Galilee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS EASTERN LONG ISLAND by MARVIN BELL THE WIND IS BLOWING WEST by JOSEPH CERAVOLO IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF by LUCILLE CLIFTON GEOGRAPHY AS WARNING by MADELINE DEFREES POWER FAILURE by MADELINE DEFREES A SAILOR CHANTEY (ON BARK 'PESTALLOZI' OFF TRISTAN D'ACUNHA ISLANDS) by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP |
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