Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APRIL DAY, by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM First Line: There is a holiness about an april day Last Line: Of all these gallant folk! Subject(s): April | ||||||||
THERE is a holiness about an April day -- A blaze of consecrated light. Like rising altar smoke the mists are slowly cleared, Leaving the heavens white. There is a stateliness in April's silver rain Like priestesses; a purity In wet dawn fields where cherry blossoms are unfurled That cleans and brightens me. There is a holiness about an April day; A whispered prayer among the oak. . . O burn me with the terrible loveliness one hour Of all these gallant folk! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR CITY SPRING by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH APRIL NOT AN INVENTORY BUT A BLIZZARD by ALICE NOTLEY APRIL ONE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS MEMORY OF APRIL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS APRIL MORTALITY by LEONIE ADAMS BROKEN LINES by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM |
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