Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WESTERN BLOOD, by JULIET WILBOR TOMPKINS First Line: My tower faces south and north Last Line: And closed it to the west. Subject(s): West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States | ||||||||
MY TOWER faces south and north, And east it opens wide, But not a window pane looks forth Upon the western side. I gaze out north on city roofs, And south on city smoke, And to the east are throbbing hoofs, The rush of city folk; But not a ray of western light May fall across my work, No crevice opens to the night Where western eyes may lurk; My crowded days are spent in quest Of eager city things, And when the little birds fly west, I would not hear their wings. But they who once have climbed the Town, When daylight lingered late, And watched the western sun go down Athwart the burnished Gate, And felt the rolling fogs descend, And seen the lupine blown, And known what things a western friend May offer to his own, 'Ah, they can never hush for long He knew what would be best Who built my tower high and strong, And closed it to the west. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WESTERN WAGONS by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET DRIVING WEST IN 1970 by ROBERT BLY IN THE HELLGATE WIND by MADELINE DEFREES A PERIOD PORTRAIT OF SYMPATHY by EDWARD DORN ASSORTED COMPLIMENTS by EDWARD DORN AT THE COWBOY PANEL by EDWARD DORN A HUMBLE ROMANCE by JULIET WILBOR TOMPKINS |
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