Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GREAT OPEN SPACES, by ROBERT EMMET SHERWOOD Poet's Biography First Line: Spin me a yarn of the bounding sea Last Line: And so does his bank account. Subject(s): Nature; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
Spin me a yarn of the bounding sea, Of stately ships that pass From Singapore to Brittany, From Guam to Gloucester, Mass. Tell me a tale of a wave-lashed coast Where the fog-horn's drone is heard -- And I'll send your yarn to the Sat. Eve. Post For twenty-five cents a word. Sing me a song of the Great Outdoors, Of forest and moor and glen, Of beetling crags where the eagle soars -- Where men, as they say, are men. Strum me a lyric of morning dews In a verdant woodland shrine -- And I'll send it out through the Central News At three and a half a line. Weave me a story of desert sands With glimmering stars above, Of passionate Sheiks and Arab bands, And typical, tropical love. Paint me a picture of twilight tints On drifting dunes -- and then I'll peddle your plot to Thomas Ince For fifteen thousand yen. So it's ho! for a life in the open air Where the sky is always blue, Where souls are purged of a dark despair, Where hearts beat strong and true. You can talk of the champagne baths, and such, In the city's gilded fount -- But a man grows BIGGER 'neath Nature's touch, And so does his bank account. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING THE OLD HOKUM BUNCOMBE by ROBERT EMMET SHERWOOD |
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