Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ACTUAL WILLOW, by WINIFRED WELLES First Line: Once when I looked at willows, I would say Last Line: Seems fanciful and beutiful enough for me. Alternate Author Name(s): Shearer, Harold H., Mrs. Subject(s): Willow Trees | ||||||||
Once when I looked at willows, I would say, "Thin-fingered women are underneath that hair!" Or, at the close of a quieter day, A flock of tall birds would seem standing there On single legs, heads tucked in for the night Under gray-green plumage -- "Willow, willow is the note If roots turn claws, and boughs go up in flight!" Or, "A river-woman with a long white throat Will come if I call 'Willow!'" So I would say When I looked at the willows once -- But today, The actual willow, the fact of a tree Seems fanciful and beutiful enough for me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNTING PHEASANTS IN A CORNFIELD by ROBERT BLY SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COLUMBUS CHENEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WILLOW SONG; FOR FRANCES HOROWITZ by ANNE STEVENSON LANDSCAPES (FOR CLEMENT R. WOOD) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER WILLOW POEM by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE WILLOWS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE PUSSY WILLOWS by ELIZABETH BRADY |
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