Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOUTH, by WILBERT SNOW Poet's Biography First Line: The old men talked of barney's place Last Line: Flash glints like shepherd's isle. Alternate Author Name(s): Snow, Charles Wilber Subject(s): Youth | ||||||||
The old men talked of Barney's place Two miles or so away, Near a gray, half-tumbled wharf whose face Abutted on the bay: There Barney sold big jugs of rum Before my dog was born, And there gay sailors used to come And dance and drink till morn. They talked of Shepherd's Island four Or five miles up the reach, Where the squire shipped each May a score Of lambs to roam the beach: The older boys hauled up the sail On a pinkey painted blue, And left me standing sadly pale, Too young to join the crew. And since those yarns Bohemian ease, With dancing, wit, and wine, And voyages from Arctic seas To Egypt have been mine: But never has Parisian flair Yet challenged Barney's style Successfully, nor landscapes fair Flash glints like Shepherd's Isle. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN ADVICE TO A CLAM-DIGGER; AN AMERICAN GEORGIC by WILBERT SNOW |
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