Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNKNOWN EARTH, by PAUL SANDOZ First Line: In the cold rain the scents of spring will hurt Last Line: And every worm is cool and green and proud. Subject(s): Earth; Spring; World | ||||||||
In the cold rain the scents of spring will hurt: This morning I have followed them with pain. Nature becomes a jade, a bitter flirt, Remembering what she must forget again. The sky is like a winter skating pond; I am evasive, and a little older. The hundred trees in sight are limp and blond, Leaning against Spring's flushed and girlish shoulder. The old men with umbrellas, girls in boots, And children driving galleys through the gutter: A graceless reveller hid behind a cloud. . . . The earth beneath is pierced and bound with roots, While in the kitchen Jack eats bread and butter, And every worm is cool and green and proud. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS GEOMETAPHYSICS by MARGARET AVISON NIAGARA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOPHISTICATION by CONRAD AIKEN I SEE CHILE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR by AGHA SHAHID ALI WASHING OUR HANDS OF THE REST OF AMERICA by MARVIN BELL THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING by LUCILLE CLIFTON EGERTON MANUSCRIPT: 102 by THOMAS WYATT A HYMN FOR PROCESSION WITH CROSS AND BANNERS by SABINE BARING-GOULD |
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