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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A WOMAN, by KENNETH SLADE ALLING First Line: Sometimes I think that you were born mature Last Line: But only be the happiest of fools. Subject(s): Maturity; Women | |||
Sometimes I think that you were born mature; That every experience must find In you its mirror and its mate, designed For fertile union: you are firm, secure Within your acre. The ephemeral lure Of adolescence never led you blind, Or stuffed its moon lit lyrics in your mind: And you have grown with growth that will endure. But I came from the wind's womb and I go, Much like my mother, unsubstantially. I furbish stars or brush the muddy pools Or hold light daliance with the apple tree. It is ordained that I shall never grow, But only be the happiest of fools. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV A PRESENCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |
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