Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DROP OF ANY SEA ...., by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG Poet's Biography First Line: I'd like to try the deeper waters, spread Last Line: And gave himself till dark pools held him dead. Subject(s): Earth; Love; Sea; World; Ocean | ||||||||
I'd like to try the deeper waters, spread A fathom nearer liquid liberty; A drop of any sea would do, he said, Providing it is light enough to be The shroud to hold a man and lift a head Whose weariness is heavier far than he; Or let me sink from drop to drop, a thread About my throat, and hang there silently: On earth there's not a thing with hands like these, That undulate with tidal whims, yet fold Their fingers round a stone or ships or pleas A derelict cries out, and cool them cold; On land there's not a love like this, he said, And gave himself till dark pools held him dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG PEEWEE by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG ..... AND WHITE THE WHITE INVOKES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG |
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