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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NUANCE, by RUTH FORBES SHERRY
First Line: Strong with the bitter flavor of wild sedge
Last Line: Of two that wait nor know the moon grows older.
First Line: Strong with the bitter flavor of wild sedge
Last Line: Of two that wait nor know the moon grows older.
Strong with the bitter flavor of wild sedge
The west wind whimpers low along the swamp
The redwing gilds with pageantry and pomp
Her citadel of cattails on the edge.
The dank pool shimmers where the lilies drown
A dragon captive in an ivory tower;
And all the languorous world hangs on the hour
When dusk shall close her velvet petals down.
Luminous night now spills the pollen bloom
Of Pleiades among the lily fronds,
Where sleeps the heron cradled in his plume.
And all the ambient world is loosed of bonds.
Cool nudities of shadow brush the shoulder
Of two that wait nor know the moon grows older.
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