LILIES, lilies, white lilies and yellow -- Lilies, lilies, purple lilies and golden -- Calla lilies, tiger lilies, lilies of the valley -- Lilies, lilies, lilies -- Bulb, bud and blossom -- What made them lilies? If they were not lilies they would have to be something else, would they not? What was it that made them lilies instead of making them violets or roses or geraniums or petunias? What was it that made you yourself and me myself? What? Alas! I do not know! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 5 by CONRAD AIKEN CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING AS MOMENT by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE MOUNTAIN by HAYDEN CARRUTH PEACE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON REPULSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: REV. LEMUEL WILEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |