|
|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GHOSTS, by FANNIE STEARNS DAVIS GIFFORD Poet's Biography First Line: I am almost afraid of the wind out there Last Line: That I would not be glad if my dear ones came! Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Fannie Stearns Subject(s): Ghosts; Supernatural | |||
I AM almost afraid of the wind out there. The dead leaves skip on the porches bare, The windows clatter and whine. I sit Here in the quiet house, low-lit, With the clock that ticks and the books that stand, Wise and silent, on every hand. I am almost afraid, though I know the night Lets no ghosts walk in the warm lamp-light. Yet ghosts there are; and they drift and blow Out in the wind and the scattering snow. -- When I open the windows and go to bed Will the ghosts come in and stand at my head? Last night I dreamed they came back again. I heard them talking; I saw them plain. They hugged me and held me and loved me; spoke Of happy doings and friendly folk. They seemed to have journeyed a week away, But now they were ready and glad to stay. But oh, if they came on the wind to-night Could I bear their faces, their garments white Blown in the dark round my lonely bed? Oh, could I forgive them for being dead? I am almost afraid of the wind. My shame! That I would not be glad if my dear ones came! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MOTHS: 1. CIRCA 1582 by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS IN ENGLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GHOST OF DEACON BROWN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON EN PASSANT by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON AFTERNOON by FANNIE STEARNS DAVIS GIFFORD |
| |