Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOLLYHOCKS, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: To-day as I sit by my window Last Line: The hollyhocks bloom on. Subject(s): Flowers | ||||||||
To-day as I sit by my window With an unread book in my hand, My hollyhocks close by the lattice Are beautiful and grand. I think of an old-time garden, No other flowers were there, Except the hollyhocks growing Without tending, thought or care. They were masses of bloom in summer, So beautiful and so high, And swayed and nodded coyly To all the passers-by. The house that stood in that garden -- Its keeper is dead and gone! -- But around it still in summer time The hollyhocks bloom on. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEY SAW THE PROBLEM by MARK JARMAN SHAKE THE SUPERFLUX! by DAVID LEHMAN THE M??TIER OF BLOSSOMING by DENISE LEVERTOV TANKA DIARY (6) by HARRYETTE MULLEN VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN FORCED BLOOM by STEPHEN ELLIOTT DUNN A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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