Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF SOLOMON JONES, by ROBERT LEOPOLD WOLF First Line: My love is like a milk-white mare Last Line: Where I was, here I am. Subject(s): Animals; Fish & Fishing; Horses; Love | ||||||||
My love is like a milk-white mare -- Beside my cheek her head -- But when I gripped her mane to mount She tossed her neck and fled. My love is like a silver fish That slipped through reeds and swam: There, by that weed, is where she was. Where I was, here I am. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD IN THE BEGINNING by ROBERT LEOPOLD WOLF |
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