Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I WATCH SWIFT PICTURES, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: I watch swift pictures flash and fade Last Line: Into to-morrow? Subject(s): Flowers; Hearts; Kisses; Lips; Love | ||||||||
I WATCH swift pictures flash and fade On the closed curtains of my eyes, A bit of river green as jade Under green skies; A single bird that soars and dips Remote; a young and secret moon Stealing to kiss some flower's lips Too shy for noon; A pointing tree; a lifted hill, Sun-misted with a golden ring, Were these once mine? And am I still Remembering? A path that wanders wistfully With no beginning there nor here, Nor special grace that it should be So sharply dear, Unless,what if when every day Is yesterday, with naught to borrow, I may slip down this wistful way Into to-morrow? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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