Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHALCEDONY, by EMMA POMEROY GREENOUGH First Line: Ages long since, upon the desert waste Last Line: Outlasting that poor home wherein it grew. Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating | ||||||||
AGES long since, upon the desert waste, Within the hollow rock a gem was formed; Liquid at first, it hardened age by age, -- The rock slow crumbling into sand, the gem remained. Nourished within my heart, intensest love Of one fine nature, earnest, simple, rare -- Grew crystalline, and evermore shall live, Outlasting that poor home wherein it grew. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAITRESSING IN THE ROOM WITH A THOUSAND MOONS by MATTHEA HARVEY CANDIED YAMS' by TERRANCE HAYES DINNER OF HERBS by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN THE BANQUET SONG by KENNETH KOCH SPLITTING AN ORDER by TED KOOSER |
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