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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KAPIOLANI CONTRASTS, by STELLA M. HOOGS First Line: I hear motors roar Last Line: Remembering sadness. | |||
I hear motors roar, sharp propellers split the silent sky, and underneath, the ocean breaks in endless sobbing. Plucking the air, a siren rockets by, mufflers detonate, tires shriek, a soft wind shakes the delicate castanets of a palm leaf. Children's voices, the park at noon, drowsy, birds quarelling, and ironwoods, strings muted, remembering sadness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO BETSY AGED THREE by STELLA M. HOOGS A BALLAD OF ATHLONE; OR, HOW THEY BROKE DOWN THE BRIDGE by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE BEFORE ACTION by WILLIAM NOEL HODGSON THE HEART OF THE WOMAN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TEARS by TUMADIR BINT IBN AL-SHARID AL-KHANSA SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 15. ONE NIGHT WITH THEE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE SECOND DAYES LAMENTATION OF THE AFFECTIONATE SHEPHEARD by RICHARD BARNFIELD |
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