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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE GARDEN WALL, by HELEN FIELD WATSON
First Line: Sometimes shadows seem to me
Last Line: Better than reality.
Subject(s): Reality; Shadows
First Line: Sometimes shadows seem to me
Last Line: Better than reality.
Subject(s): Reality; Shadows
Sometimes shadows seem to me
Lovely as reality,
Lacking bounds, yet well-defined,
Calling deeper thoughts to mind.
Now the phantom elm-twig's fall
Slanting on my garden wall.
Two dimensions I can see
Much more clearly than the three.
Just as dainty as the real,
Softer than the things we feel,
Often shadows seem to me
Better than reality.
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