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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INLANDER, by ALINE MICHAELIS
First Line: He had lived inland all his plodding life
Last Line: At stark, dry seaweed, folded in a book.
Subject(s): Prairies; Plains
First Line: He had lived inland all his plodding life
Last Line: At stark, dry seaweed, folded in a book.
Subject(s): Prairies; Plains
He had lived inland all his plodding life,
Knew well the round of seasons; cloud and sun
Told him the secrets of the weather's strife,
When rains would fall, when planting should be done.
The neighbors held his judgment was the best,
Lent ready ears to all that he might say
Of crops and cattle; but they never guessed
How his heart ached for salt wind and sea spray!
He had lived inland, who was he to dream
Of waves that marched forever, swift and free?
Sometimes he paused to hear the roar and scream
Of prairie winds . . . could it be like the sea?
Wild nights, when all the farmhouse creaked, he'd look
At stark, dry seaweed, folded in a book.
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