Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHESAPEAKE MARSH, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Willows and willows in two gust-worn rows Last Line: And leagues of water empty of a ship. Subject(s): Swamps; Bogs; Fens; Marshes | ||||||||
WILLOWS and willows in two gust-worn rows, The fading sunset and the marsh between; A road beneath where little pools lie keen At twisted roots, and faint the late light glows. The yellowing leaves flame down each wind that blows, And choke the pools and heap the rushes lean. Wheels rumble; up the road a cart is seen; White in a whirl of dust it lumbering shows. Eastward, beyond the wall of gust-worn trees, A rotting boat drawn up among the reeds; Creeks that past foggy alders blazing slip; Salt scents; the stir of solitary bees; A startled bird that shoreward clamoring speeds; And leagues of water empty of a ship. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HANDSOME SWAMP by THOMAS LUX BOGLAND; FOR T.P. FLANAGAN by SEAMUS HEANEY HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: MARSH SONG - AT SUNSET by SIDNEY LANIER HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: SUNRISE by SIDNEY LANIER HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: THE MARSHES OF GLYNN by SIDNEY LANIER MARSH MUSIC by KENNETH SLADE ALLING IN A JON BOAT DURING A FLORIDA DAWN by DAVID BOTTOMS A CHRISTMAS FOLK-SONG by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE |
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