Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEW FRIENDSHIP, by HELEN I. STAPP First Line: Quivering, the white fawn / watched from an Last Line: She springs down the pathway to meet him. Subject(s): Friendship; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
Quivering, the white fawn Watched from an alder thicket, Saw the frost-like etching on willows And the blue gleams of swift waters, But watched for the swaying of grasses Where the trail curved down to the river. So many times She had fled to the depth of her thicket, Startled by the swish of a tamarack bough After a hunter had brushed it. Then one day of sun and deep shadows There were footsteps that crushed fragrant needles. Trembling, with head erect, she paused, Saw the glimmer of sunlight on the head of a traveler, Heard the strong even footsteps, And a new confidence held her there waiting. The next time the traveler came There was a tremor of breathing close to his pathway. Next, a timid figure ventured the trail And darted away in wild madness. At last the rending throb of a heart, As she stood poised, ready to bound away At the least sudden sharp gesture. But the traveler's eyes, clear and brown, looked into hers; Gradually her trembling ceased And the breath came deep and slow through her nostrils. And now when she catches the scent of tamarack on the trail And a head gleams through the green of the needles, She springs down the pathway to meet him. | 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 |
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