Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOUSE WITH YELLOW SMOKE SONNET, by JANE MILLER Poet's Biography First Line: Two daughters who seemed to be listening Last Line: Of her spine. Subject(s): Boredom; Daughters; Mothers & Daughters; Sleep; Ennui | ||||||||
Two daughters who seemed to be listening. Was I the mother, was not this our house? Naria half-slept seeping out of a nightmare like yellow smoke. Beyond that - was it cold by the lake today? the chill of this child whose star dazzled elsewhere - ash. I had to go without a single light. May Claire's hair be down, may the lace canopy never entirely cover her most perfect quality, ennui. Even as she sleeps I trespass, counting the lonely mansion railings of her spine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO TWO UNKNOWN LADIES by AMY LOWELL THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL by JOHN ASHBERY THE DREAM SONGS: 14 by JOHN BERRYMAN TWO OF A KIND by WALTER TALLMADGE ARNDT THE LORD OF THOULOUSE; A LEGEND OF LANGUEDOC by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM A WINTER OF LOVE LETTERS AND A MORNING PRAYER: 5 by JANE MILLER A WINTER OF LOVE LETTERS AND A MORNING PRAYER: 7 by JANE MILLER |
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