Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SKATERS, by GRACE W. LEACH First Line: Above the frozen floods Last Line: Silently by. Subject(s): Skating & Skaters; Sports | ||||||||
ABOVE the frozen floods Gay feet keep time, Steel-shod, their measures beat Insistent rhyme. No cares oppress the hearts Glad youth makes light; The winter skies and happy eyes Alike are bright. Shores where the summer waves Have whispered low, Echo the skaters' song, As to and fro Glide flitting forms, And watch-fire's glow Leaps into frosty air And crimsons snow. Fly, skaters, with wing'd feet! The night wears on; Be your stroke ne'er so fleet, Night soon is gone. With morning's dawn, the fires In ashes lie, And mountains keep their ward Silently by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPORT STORY OF A WINNER by GLYN MAXWELL WOMAN SKATING by MARGARET ATWOOD FISHING IN WINTER by RALPH BURNS CAPPER KAPLINSKI AT THE NORTH SIDE CUE CLUB by HAYDEN CARRUTH JACKIE ROBINSON by LUCILLE CLIFTON FOR THE DEATH OF VINCE LOMBARDI by JAMES DICKEY THE DEATH OF THE RACE CAR DRIVER by NORMAN DUBIE |
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