Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BEND OF THE ROAD, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, that bend of the road, how it baffles, yet Last Line: I must go to the endI must know what comes after. Subject(s): Beauty; Love; Solitude; Loneliness | ||||||||
OH, that bend of the road, how it baffles, yet beckons! What lies there beyondless or more than heart reckons? What ends, what begins, there where sight fails to follow? Does the road climb to heaven, or dip to the hollow? What glory of greenness, what lights interlacing, What softness of shadow, what bounty of spacing, What refreshment of changeaye, what beauty Elysian The sweep of that curve may deny to the vision! Oh, my soul yearns for sight! Oh, my feet long to follow, Swift-winged with sweet hope as with wings of a swallow! Though lonely the way, void of song, void of laughter, I must go to the endI must know what comes after. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES A BIRTHDAY SONG by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD |
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