Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ACQUAINTANCE, by DAVID MORTON Poet's Biography First Line: All that we know of april is her way Last Line: And these bright legends we have learned to say. Subject(s): April | ||||||||
All that we know of April is her way Of coming on the world through gentle springs, Turning the hedge a whitening line of spray, Staining the grass with shivered, golden things. She has a way of rain against the sun, Of moonlit orchards, ghostly white and still, And the slow, silver coming, one by one, Of burning stars above a purple hill. And this is all we know of such as she, These shining names she leaves for us to call: The whitening hedge, the showery apple tree, And golden jonquils gathering by a wall. . . . All that we know of April is her way, And these bright legends we have learned to say. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR CITY SPRING by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH APRIL NOT AN INVENTORY BUT A BLIZZARD by ALICE NOTLEY APRIL ONE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS MEMORY OF APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APRIL MORTALITY by LEONIE ADAMS |
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