Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROADWAYS, by SARA NICHOLS First Line: Just as the little country road divides Last Line: By bringing peace to crown our happiness! Subject(s): Old Age; Roads; Travel; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
Just as the little country road divides And makes instead of onetwo separate ways, Each idly crawling through the trees and vines In seeking out some haunt where nature plays: Perhaps the bubbling brook, the leafy bower, Or deeper still, seeks out some modest flower Well hidden from the casual passer-by, Then travels on for miles and miles alone; Till finally tired of solitariness They seek each other by some urge unknown And thus they come together in the end: Even sowhen we are old, And tired of wandering on a separate way, Tired of the fleeting transient joy That held our fancy for a little day; Drawn by a bond we neither feel nor see So shall the roadways cross for you and me, So shall we be united in the end, Meeting as casually as though the years Had found us side by side, and none shall guess The years between have bound us even closer By bringing peace to crown our happiness! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES |
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