Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT RIDE, by MILDRED PLEW MEIGS MERRYMAN First Line: Rough was the road that groped the everglade Last Line: "where did the humpy little rough road go?" Alternate Author Name(s): Meigs, Mildred Plew Subject(s): Everglades, Florida | ||||||||
Rough was the road that groped the everglade; I took the sea road polished like a jade. Down swung the sun like a lantern on a wire; Flame broke from it and the sea caught fire. Torn lay the lantern in the dim dusk-fall, Faint along the water came a wild bird call. Night blew bigger and the surf song thinned, Proud old palm trees pattered in the wind; But this was the riddle that the wheels hummed low: "Where did the humpy little rough road go?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MANHUNT IN THE EVERGLADES by HILDEGARD OTT RUSSELL I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING by FRANK ASCH OLD MAN MANGROVE by FRANK ASCH SPIDER IS A LOVELY LADY by FRANK ASCH TWO BABY SNAIL KITES by FRANK ASCH WHO CUTS THE SAWGRASS? by FRANK ASCH HEY YOU, MANATEE! by FRANK ASCH BY AN INDIAN GRAVE by MILDRED PLEW MEIGS MERRYMAN NIGHT by MILDRED PLEW MEIGS MERRYMAN TO A CERTAIN RICH MAN IN A CASTLE by MILDRED PLEW MEIGS MERRYMAN |
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