Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JOURNEY'S END, by MADELINE YEAGER


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JOURNEY'S END, by                    
First Line: When I am dead / see that folks omit
Last Line: With beauty I shall walk.
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Funerals; Roses; Dead, The; Burials


When I am dead,
See that folks omit
The usual roses.
I do not care one bit
For fern, carnations
White and red.
But at my feet and at my head --
Bank in profusion great armfuls of
Snapdragons tall and sweet.
My one love -- these,
Burnished copper, yellow
White and pink.
Towering on their stalk,
Hand in hand on journey's end
With beauty I shall walk.





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