Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN A GARDEN, by PAULINE B. BARRINGTON First Line: Along my fence Last Line: Fell in my garden. Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Iris (flower); Marigolds | ||||||||
Impressions ALONG my fence The roses Are a Ballet Russe A mad whirl of snow flakes, Dancing, swirling, glancing, twirling, Under the spot light Of the sun. The premiere danseuse, A golden-eyed Cherokee, In blazing white, Pirouettes and poses among the roses, Gloriously full Of the passion Of Spring. A White Iris Tall and clothed in samite, Chaste and pure, In smooth armor Your head held high In its helmet Of silver: Jean D'Arc riding Among the sword blades! Has Spring for you Wrought visions, As it did for her In a garden? Stocks Fluffy, beribboned ladies In a row, You have pinned rosettes, Rosettes of chiffon, Pink and mauve, Purple and white, White and deeper red, Pinned them here and there About your hats And your ruffled green petticoats. The jonquils Across the path, Adore your flutterings but Shy, young things, They can only bow stiffly. Marigolds When Spring passed This evening Her head was so turned By the young moon, She left her purse strings untied And a lot of gold guineas Fell in my garden. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STILL DAYS AND STORMY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE HUMMING-BIRD by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON MARIGOLDS by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES HOW MARIGOLDS CAME YELLOW by ROBERT HERRICK TO MARYGOLDS by ROBERT HERRICK DAFFODILS by JOHN COWPER POWYS SAIL-BOAT (BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI) by LOUISE CRENSHAW RAY |
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