Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EAST TEXAS, by IRENE DENMAN KISER


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EAST TEXAS, by                    
First Line: We're traveling today in east texas
Last Line: Where the red hilly highway ends and starts.
Subject(s): Texas; Travel; Journeys; Trips


We're traveling today in East Texas
Where the oak trees are trimmed with Spanish moss,
The pine trees have reached skyscraper height
And the pointed leaves of the sweet-gum trees
Make shadow-lace on the ground.

The fresh wild beauty of the roadside flowers
Defies the artist's brush.
Now the parties of yellow butterflies
Are frolicking in delight.

Well-fed cattle stand stomach-deep
In the cool still waters of the streams,
And shrewd-looking, slender black hogs
Are running wild in the woods.

Sparsely settled and peaceful are these parts
Where the red hilly highway ends and starts.





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