Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GLACIER PARK, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON First Line: At last we've reached the famous place Last Line: When the tenderfeet intrude. Subject(s): Animals; Hotels; Parks; Tourists; Travel; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
At last we've reached the famous place Where panthers pant and glaciers glace; Where clouds float low and fish jump high, And icy summits pierce the sky; Where icebergs in a lakelet float, Where a boy's a boy, and a kid's a goat; Where deer and "dears" play on the rocks, And the latter wear bisected frocks; Where the bighorn plays his sheepish tricks, And moose are not in politics; Where avalanches crack and creak, And Satan slides on "Heaven's Peak"; Where hell and heaven both are near, Where grub and greenbacks disappear; Where the tipsy tip the bottle, And the ladies tip the guide; And the packload tips the pony, Till he tumbles down the slide. Where a hotel is a "chalet," And a tourist is a "dude"; Where the porcupine pines When the tenderfeet intrude. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING A HUSTLE FOR THE FAIR by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON |
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