Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MORNING GLORIES, by JOHN GNEISENAU NEIHARDT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Distant as a dream's flight Last Line: Kisses over me! Subject(s): Flowers; Morning Glories | ||||||||
Distant as a dream's flight, Lay an eerie plain, Where the weary moonlight Swooned into a moan; Wailing after dead seed Came the ghost of rain. There was I, a wild weed, Growing all alone. Like a doubted story, Came the thought of day; God and all His glory Lingered otherwhere, Busy with the spring thrill Many dreams away. Could a little weed's will Fling so far a prayer? Lo, the sudden wonder! (Is a prayer so fleet?) From the desert under, Morning glories grew; Twined me, bound me With caressing feet; Wove song 'round me -- Pink, white, blue! As a fog is rifted By the eager breeze, Darkness broke and lifted, Tossing like a sea! Lo, the dawn was flowering Through the maple trees! Oh, and you were showering Kisses over me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAPTIVE FLOWER by DENISE LEVERTOV MORNING GLORIES by MARY OLIVER THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT by ERIC PANKEY WAITING FOR THE MORNING GLORIES by DIANE WAKOSKI BEES AND MORNING GLORY by JOHN CIARDI THE MORNING-GLORY by MARIA WHITE LOWELL INSCRIPTION IN A COPY OF 'LIFE'S MORNING' by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL MORNING GLORY by AGNES H. HEMSATH PLANTING MORNING GLORIES IN OCTOBER by CHARLIE SMITH ENVOI by JOHN GNEISENAU NEIHARDT |
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