Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GRATITUDE, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poet's Biography First Line: Take hold, my bird, of the cherry bough Last Line: For this beautiful ballad's sake! Subject(s): Birds; Gratitude | ||||||||
TAKE hold, my bird, of the cherry bough And lift thy throat to the sun, For the rainbow month is with us now, And thy building has begun. Sing in the cherry the darling breast Of the mate shall warm thy chicks When the moonlight kisses and cuddles the nest In the thorn by the two tall ricks. I love to hear thee carry the song Three octaves up at a time, For it helps my wearying heart along Better than reason or rhyme. Firm be thy faith that a sweeter wife In a bush has never sat, With her ears alert for the chirrup of life, And her eyes for the farmyard cat. Of maids I wish thee only a pair In sky-blue cabinets furled, But of sons be thine a handsomer share, To mellow with song the world! And what if the active family beak Both cherry and strawberry take? No miserly word will I ever speak, For this beautiful ballad's sake! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO COUNTRIES by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER AFTER A NOISY NIGHT by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR FOUNTAIN IN AVIGNON by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THANK YOU FOR SAYING THANK YOU by CHARLES BERNSTEIN INVENTORY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE (FOR EDWARD J. WHEELER) by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER THE COUNTRY FAITH by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE |
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