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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORMER BARN LOT, by MARK VAN DOREN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Once there was a fence here
Last Line: Like green fire.
Subject(s): Grass
First Line: Once there was a fence here
Last Line: Like green fire.
Subject(s): Grass
Once there was a fence here,
And the grass came and tried,
Leaning from the pasture,
To get inside.
But colt feet trampled it,
Turning it brown;
Until the farmer moved,
And the fence fell down;
Then any bird saw,
Under the wire,
Grass nibbling inward
Like green fire.
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