Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BACK HOME, by MAY WILLIAMS WARD Poet's Biography First Line: To live is to go on a journey Last Line: To die is to come back home. Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
To live is to go on a journey, To die is to come back home. My shoe soles are thin with wandering, Sticky with clay and loam, There are marks of stones and of brambles, The leather is scuffed and torn, And I must not have walked quite straight, I think, For the heels are unevenly worn. I shall take off my shoes and sleep and rest ... If I dream, shall I dream that I roam? To live is to go on a journey, To die is to come back home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING A PURCHASE by MAY WILLIAMS WARD |
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