Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SOUTHERN AGRARIAN POET, by MARY B. WARD


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

SOUTHERN AGRARIAN POET, by                    
First Line: Kaleidoscopic, turning, turning
Last Line: And antaeus-like takes strength from soil.
Subject(s): Farm Life; Poetry & Poets; Agriculture; Farmers


Kaleidoscopic, turning, turning,
The wheels click cogs, the wheels go round,
And pipes of Pan are stilled by roaring
Of other pipes not fancy-bound.

So near to earth and yet so far --
The very atmosphere distracts
Where breath of antique furnishings
Blends with the soot from tall smokestacks;
Where silver, old, magnificent,
Knows indexed bungalows for rent.

Poor poet! how he strives and gropes
His way through wanton music's keys,
While rhythm flows within his veins,
And his heart knows wistful jubilees,
The while he seeks his borrowed rhyme
Too close to coarse-mouthed candor; sets
His tunes to whirring modern time,
Confused in this, his changeling home
Of song defeat, frustration, foil;
So, wisely now he seeks the fields,
And Antaeus-like takes strength from soil.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net