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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE BOY BRIAN, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY First Line: The poppy has spread out her petticoat red Last Line: Come quickly to me. Subject(s): Absence; Memory; Solitude; Separation; Isolation; Loneliness | |||
THE poppy has spread out her petticoat red, The little moon lily has lifted her head, The flax blows blue as a fairy sea, All waiting for thee. The jewelled and delicate butterfly knows Where the iris, his equal in loveliness, grows, The snapdragon bends to the weight of the bee— They are wiser than we. The scornful sun on his chariot throne Makes mock of a lover left waiting alone, Then hurries to westward with mischievous glee; Be fleeter than he. Already the shadows are far too long, The robin is hinting at evensong; Why should the moon my solitude see? Come quickly to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES A CHILD'S THOUGHTS by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY |
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