Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTRAIT OF AN AVERAGE EVENING, by DOROTHY SUMMERROW First Line: I tiptoe slowly down this padded stair Last Line: For words are needless when two understand. Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
I tiptoe slowly down this padded stair Away from where my scrap of daughter lies, And stand, amused, a moment watching where You sit emitting mock despairing sighs. "Asleep?" So well I know the words your lips Will frame, so well the glow of loving looks! As, laughing, we exchange parental quips Before I turn to scribbling, you to books. Another world will hold us in its thrall; Thus time will pass, and later we will go To where she hugs, relaxed, her battered doll. We smooth a sheet, then cover up a toe; -- With smiles I turn to you and grasp your hand, For words are needless when two understand. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE OCTAVES: 7 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
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