Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YELLOWTHROAT WITCHERY, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Down by the swamp in the alder tangle Last Line: "witchery, witchery, witchery, witch!" Subject(s): Yellowthroats (birds) | ||||||||
Down by the swamp in the alder tangle, Brisk little dandy in raiment gay, Maker of ditties that daintily jangle, Maryland yellowthroat whistles all day. Smartly he pecks at the willows and birches, Smartly he sings at a silvery pitch Rollicking ballads unfitted for churches, "Witchery, witchery, witchery, witch!" Witchery truly, you dear little fifer, Watching us quaintly with curious eye; Witchery more than a sage could decipher Under your carolling, jauntily spry. Black-masked face uncannily hidden, Breast aglimmer with golden bloom, Where is the mystical steed you have ridden, Where is your sly little witch's broom? Witchery, witchery all around you, Summer magic in blossom and tree, Summer spells in the rhythms that bound you, Shrill of the cricket and boom of the bee. Witchery most of all in your singing, Poet or vagabond, no one knows which, Over the meadows your canticle ringing, "Witchery, witchery, witchery, witch!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BELATED MEMORIAL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BIBLE LOVER'S THANKSGIVING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BIT OF GOOD WORK by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BOY'S SUPERIORITY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BUILDING SITE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CAPE COD WOOD ROAD by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CERTAIN EDITOR by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CHALLENGE TO WORRY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CHANCE MEETING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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