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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DESERTED HOUSE, by OLIVE WATKINS
First Line: Shadows interlaced the walk
Last Line: Stand aloof?
Subject(s): Houses, Deserted
First Line: Shadows interlaced the walk
Last Line: Stand aloof?
Subject(s): Houses, Deserted
Shadows interlaced the walk
Worn smooth like an old stone floor:
Starlings nested at its eaves;
Dog-wood came up to the door.
Peace peered out from quaint windows
High-set in a blank gray wall:
Moss-stained shingles marked the space
Morning shade fell from the tall
Oaks; their fluid tops wind-blown
On the morning sky like smoke:
Echoes of a lost dismay --
Outlines broke again, and broke.
Love had laid its solid beams,
Faith had hung its sturdy roof;
Why should such a house
Stand aloof?
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