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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET TO MARC IN MODERN SPAIN, by LORA BETH PENNINGTON
First Line: Relate to me the tale of more than war
Last Line: Of soul-hewn ships, expanding, take to sea.
Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form); Spain
First Line: Relate to me the tale of more than war
Last Line: Of soul-hewn ships, expanding, take to sea.
Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form); Spain
Relate to me the tale of more than war
And bursting shrapnel, cannon, fear, and shells.
Relate the tale of you, and fill the wells
My heart has dug. And still the biting dor
Of friends supposed. Now choose a legator
To deal the strips of bars and prisoned cells
To me, and others, waiting. The sombre knells
That time has rung are omens I abhor.
I watch the Spanish freighter come to bay
And see a lovely olive sway its bough
By reading lines that you have mailed to me
On dirty paper, writing while you pray,
Afraid. I send my love, and see the prow
Of soul-hewn ships, expanding, take to sea.
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