|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHADES OF GREEN, by FORREST BENJAMIN ELLIOTT
First Line: I too am partial to the shades of green
Last Line: They'd be a tree -- a bush -- the flowers -- sods.
Subject(s): Green (color); Plants; Planting; Planters
First Line: I too am partial to the shades of green
Last Line: They'd be a tree -- a bush -- the flowers -- sods.
Subject(s): Green (color); Plants; Planting; Planters
I too am partial to the shades of green
Which seem to be redundant everywhere.
That nature favors it is brightly seen,
For every growing thing which she must wear;
Time honors most of all that which endures,
The green and growing things were first in life,
With nature's nourishment the shade inures
And on her bosom everywhere is rife;
The Cause must choose expression through the earth --
Through animate -- inanimated things --
God's gift of green has proven of its worth
By all the many blessings which it brings;
If I were so inclined to worship gods,
They'd be a tree -- a bush -- the flowers -- sods.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
KILLING THE PLANTS by JANE KENYON
NOW I AM A PLANT, A WEED by KATHERINE MANSFIELD
TANKA DIARY (5) by HARRYETTE MULLEN
PLAINT OF ART by FORREST BENJAMIN ELLIOTT