Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COLUMBA AND THE BLACKBIRD, by JOHN O'LEARY First Line: Bright gold of the chalice Subject(s): Blackbirds | ||||||||
Bright gold of the chalice in the dark of the kirk. The blackbird pours music from out her gold beak. Sunrise, and the waters of the loch shake like gold leaf. Copyright © John O'Leary. http://www.wlu.edu/~shenando | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THE ORCHARD by ANNE STEVENSON THE BIRDS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACKBIRD by WALLACE STEVENS THE BLACKBIRD by ALFRED TENNYSON A BLACKBIRD SINGING by RONALD STUART THOMAS THE BLACKBIRD by HUMBERT WOLFE MARSH MUSIC by KENNETH SLADE ALLING A BLACKBIRD SUDDENLY by JOSEPH AUSLANDER THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL |
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