Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DREAM RIVER, by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL Poet's Biography First Line: Wind-silvered willows hedge the stream Last Line: One crystal-throated hermit-thrush. Subject(s): Rivers | ||||||||
WIND-SILVERED willows hedge the stream, And all within is hushed and cool. The water, in an endless dream, Goes sliding down from pool to pool. And every pool a sapphire is, From shadowy deep to sunlit edge, Ribboned around with irises And cleft with emerald spears of sedge. O, every morn the winds are stilled, The sunlight falls in amber bars. O, every night the pools are filled With silver brede of shaken stars. O, every morn the sparrow flings His elfin trills athwart the hush, And here unseen at eve there sings One crystal-throated hermit-thrush. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL TO A WOMAN GLANCING UP FROM THE RIVER by LARRY LEVIS TWO-RIVER LEDGER by KHALED MATTAWA HE FINDS THE MANSION by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE RIVERS by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA VERMILION FLYCATCHER, SAN PEDRO RIVER, ARIZONA by MARGARET ATWOOD THE PORCH OVER THE RIVER by WENDELL BERRY THE RIVER BRIDGED AND FORGOT by WENDELL BERRY A CHILD'S SONG OF CHRISTMAS by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL |
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