Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GULLS, by ANNA LEE TOMKINS First Line: Their world is quite as large as mine Last Line: Emblems of joyous liberty. Subject(s): Birds; Freedom; Gulls; Liberty; Seagulls | ||||||||
Their world is quite as large as mine, Up toward the sky their white wings shine, Below the waves they make their quest, Or on the swaying billows rest. How joyfully they rock and float, More agile than the lightest boat As in their watery nests they hide Forming a part of the crests they ride. Some with the waves like children play Till the lake seems as much alive as they And wind-tossed waters rolling high Are rendered vocal with their cry. In summer sun and winter bare Wheeling and drifting, always there. Their lives are wide and fair and free, Emblems of joyous liberty. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JUST AS MORNING TWILIGHT AND THE GULLS, GLOUCESTER, MAY 1966 by CHARLES OLSON A POEM BY GARNIE BRAXTON by JAMES WRIGHT GULLS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A GULL GOES UP by LEONIE ADAMS UNDER THE WHARF by IDA COLE BARTLATT THE SEAGULL by HERBERT BASHFORD AN OLD WOMAN OF THE ROADS by PADRAIC COLUM |
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