Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WILD GEESE GO OVER, by EDWIN CARLILE LITSEY Poet's Biography First Line: Along dim lanes lit only by the stars Last Line: They gently drop to rest at break of day. Alternate Author Name(s): Litsey, E. Carl Edwin Carlile Subject(s): Wings | ||||||||
Along dim lanes lit only by the stars These catapults of nature volley on. Beneath night's far flung, tenuous cloud-bars They breast the north wind, racing with the dawn. With sibilant, rhythmic swish of mighty wings, In splendid solitude the gray geese go. Hurtling triumphant over earth-bound things, Seeking a haven which they only know. Far overhead, a phantom, fading wedge, Their gong-like notes beating against the sky, They hasten to the distant reeds and sedge, The cloistered lake, the sheltering hills nearby. Like galleons which drift into a bay, They gently drop to rest at break of day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ESTATE SALE: THE SCRABBLE GAME OF A DEAD WOMAN by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE FREED FROM ANOTHER CONTEXT by ELEANOR WILNER THE BIRD IN THE LAUREL'S SONG by ELEANOR WILNER THE LITERAL = THE ABSTRACT: A DEMONSTRATION by ELEANOR WILNER A PAUPER ENTERS HEAVEN by EDWIN CARLILE LITSEY |
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