Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APRIL CLEANING, by HELEN I. STAPP First Line: My mind was stacked with dusty heaps of things Last Line: You set blue flowers in a crystal vase. | ||||||||
My mind was stacked with dusty heaps of things: Forgotten toys that lacked an arm or wheels, Worn packs of letters tied with faded strings, And high-top shoes with scuffed and slanting heels. The brilliant red of newer magazines Lay sharp against the mauve of Godey's Book, And fancy costumes bright with tinsel sheens Caught ropes of cobwebs in an unswept nook. You brought the clearing fragrances of spring Through opened panes, swept up the rolls of gray That lined the floor, and saved each lovely thing You found, but threw the useless scraps away. Then in the sunlight of this ordered place You set blue flowers in a crystal vase. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHRISTMAS CAROL by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND CROSSING THE PLAINS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER REUBEN BRIGHT by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SONNET: 94 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE TO - (3) by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY SUMMER SUN by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE UNIVERSAL MOTHER by SABINE BARING-GOULD SHRODON FEAR: THE VU'ST PEART by WILLIAM BARNES |
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