Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPRING COWARDICE, by LEONORA SPEYER Poet's Biography First Line: I am afraid to go into the woods Last Line: I am a coward, a coward, I know! Subject(s): Cowardice; Spring | ||||||||
I am afraid to go into the woods, I fear the trees and their mad, green moods. I fear the breezes that pull at my sleeves, The creeping arbutus beneath the leaves, And the brook that mocks me with wild, wet words: I stumble and fall at the voice of birds. Think of the terror of those swift showers, Think of the meadows of fierce-eyed flowers: And the little things with sudden wings That buzz about me and dash and dart, And the lilac waiting to break my heart! Winter, hide me in your kind snow, I am a coward, a coward, I know! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A B C'S IN GREEN by LEONORA SPEYER |
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