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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WALT WHITMAN, by CAVE OUTLAW
First Line: Sitting on a fence
Last Line: Alone and without pretense.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891)
First Line: Sitting on a fence
Last Line: Alone and without pretense.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891)
Sitting on a fence
opposite a village church
I can see the Sunday morning congregation
file out. Stiffly they bow
and utter banalities
before dispersing into ease.
I think of a patch of cool shade
under an apple tree
in a field of thick grass
where I sat a while ago
alone and without pretense.
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