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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOMING, by ARNA BONTEMPS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet timber land Last Line: And screaming bitterly? | |||
Sweet timber land Where soft winds blow The high green tree And fan away the fog! Ah fragrant stream Where thirsty creatures go And strong black men Hew the heavy log! Oh broken house Crumbling there alone. Wanting me! Oh silent tree Must I always be A wild bird Riding the wind And screaming bitterly? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW MY HEART SINKS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON FAREWELL TO FARGO: SELLING THE HOUSE by KAREN SWENSON THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX [APRIL 9, 1865] by HERMAN MELVILLE BALLADE OF EGREGIOUSNESS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS SONNET ON PIETRO REGGIO HIS SETTING TO MUSIC MR. COWLEY'S POEMS by PHILIP AYRES THE FIRST AMERICAN CONGRESS by JOEL BARLOW |
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