Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AWAKENING, by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON Poet's Biography First Line: Along the fringes of the upper lake Last Line: The steady-winging shadow of a bird. Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs. Subject(s): Birds | ||||||||
ALONG the fringes of the upper lake Stark maples thicken into grey and rose, And in the hollows that the beaver knows The water-weeds turn green, and alders break Their dust-brown buds to yellow. Rushes shake Where the shy otter parts them to disclose His once familiar pathway, as he goes Across the bank, where dry twigs snap and break. In open lands, and fields a-dance with shade, Dappled in moving patterns of the sky, Dry stubble-stalks are swaying, faintly stirred By light uncertain winds; and in the glade Across a haze of sun there pulses by The steady-winging shadow of a bird. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER AUDUBON EXAMINES A BITTERN by ANDREW HUDGINS DISPATCHES FROM DEVEREUX SLOUGH by MARK JARMAN A COUNTRY LIFE by RANDALL JARRELL CANADIAN WARBLER by GALWAY KINNELL YELLOW BIRD by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE CRIPPLE by KARLE WILSON BAKER A SONG IN SEPTEMBER by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON |
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