Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITHALAMIUM, by LEO KENNEDY Poet's Biography First Line: This body of my mother, pierced by me Last Line: My sister, heralded by no moan, no sound. Subject(s): Death; Graves; Marriage; Parents; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Parenthood | ||||||||
This body of my mother, pierced by me, In grim fulfilment of our destiny, Now dry and quiet as her fallow womb Is laid beside the shell of that bridegroom My father, who with eyes towards the wall Sleeps evenly; his dust stirs not at all, No syllable of greeting curls his lips, As to that shrunken side his leman slips. Lo! these are two of unabated worth Who in the shallow bridal bed of earth Find youth's fecundity, and of their swift Comminglement of bone and sinew, lift A lover's seasonable gift to blood Made bitter by a parchéd widowhood This bloom of tansy from the fertile ground: My sister, heralded by no moan, no sound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY PARENTS HAVE COME HOME LAUGHING by MARK JARMAN BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOOKING IN AT NIGHT by MARY KINZIE THE VELVET HAND by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER CIVILIZING THE CHILD by LISEL MUELLER MISSING THE DEAD by LISEL MUELLER |
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