Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAPPHO, by CLEMENT WOOD Poet's Biography First Line: How could a water hyacinth Last Line: Is a mist of dust? Subject(s): Hyacinths; Sappho (610-580 B.c.) | ||||||||
How could a water hyacinth Burn with a red moon's red? How could an orchid's heirless kiss Hold ones forever undead? How could a blue lobelia's song Stay blue as the sky, Blue light on the hill of tone, With centuries in full cry? How could a body pink and proud Headland a great gross planet Till every drowsy sigh she breathed Stands stiff as granite? How could a love that woke to sleep Again, as all loves must, Alter not till the last heart's stone Is a mist of dust? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER SAPPHO by KENNETH REXROTH WHEN WE WITH SAPPHO by KENNETH REXROTH SO HELP ME SAPPHO by ANNE WALDMAN AD LESBIAM by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS SUMMER MATURES by HELENE JOHNSON |
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