Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COMET, by MARIA LUISA SPAZIANI Poet's Biography First Line: That love of mine for him had waxen wings Subject(s): Comets | ||||||||
That love of mine for him had waxen wings -- they were so long they seemed eternal -- with confidence, they beat the sky, grazed the peaks, thrust toward the sun with nervine nets of veins -- Melted now, the wings regrow within me, only now, wings lost, do I feel them true; and to reckless hearts I cry, "mortals, passion is too important a ghost to be made flesh." Full-maned, wandering Halley's comets, omens, disasters, marvels that inflame and freeze our blood, let no one dare bind you, let no one risk touching clots of pure remoteness -- meteors Used by permission of Story Line Press. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TWO COMETS by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD OWEN GLYNDWR'S WAR-SONG by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE COMET by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES LINES ON THE COMET by ISABELLA LICKBARROW TO HALLEY'S COMET by JAMES CHRISTIAN LINDBERG A NEW COMET by CALE YOUNG RICE DESIDERATUS MERCIER by HENRY MORTON ROBINSON TO THE COMET by HENRY DAVID THOREAU DESTINY by MARIA LUISA SPAZIANI |
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