Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUSY FLAME, by WINIFRED WELLES First Line: Oh, child, with what a will Last Line: Still as a dog before a fire! Alternate Author Name(s): Shearer, Harold H., Mrs. Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Fire | ||||||||
Oh, child, with what a will You keep from being still! How bonelessly you bend, How tensely reascend -- Five fingers stretch, five fingers close, One hand a starfish, one a rose. My head is in a whirl To see each antic curl On yours point up and prance An individual dance -- Wistful, I watch and never tire, Still as a dog before a fire! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WRITTEN TO A YOUNG LADY by MAURICE BARING OUR DRIFTWOOD FIRE by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE NIGHT FIRE by CLAUDE MCKAY WATER, WINTER, FIRE by MARVIN BELL THE LITTLE FIRE IN THE WOODS by HAYDEN CARRUTH SAMSON PREDICTS FROM GAZA THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE by LUCILLE CLIFTON ALADDIN LAMP by MADELINE DEFREES |
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