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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INVINCIBLE, by WINNIE LYNCH ROCKETT First Line: The years race by on padded feet Last Line: My piquant heart from turning gray! Subject(s): Transience; Impermanence | |||
The years race by on padded feet— Unhaltingly, and panther-fleet— Imprinting marks of drab decay. My hair grows ashen; cravings numb; Lips pale; and telltale age-lines come— Life's hoary touch I may not stay. Time-scarred ... yet I shall scorn to weep For transient youth if I can keep My piquant heart from turning gray! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE SOUTHERN GOTHIC by DONALD JUSTICE THE BEACH IN AUGUST by WELDON KEES THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL THE SEEKONK WOODS by GALWAY KINNELL A MOTHER BEFORE A SOLDIER'S MONUMENT by WINNIE LYNCH ROCKETT |
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