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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD WOMAN FAIRY, by MARY BRODINE First Line: She dressed in tiered petticoats Last Line: And sang through a straw. | |||
She dressed in tiered petticoats, Tissued and green, And drifted her hair like a wind That listed and flew and careened, Leaving the air odors of almond, Carnation and mint And the watered, wet musk Of weeds in the sea. She ate from her fingers figs and wild wheat; And when she was tired She rode a black turtle And sang through a straw. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SIBYLLA'S DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THAT NATURE IS A HERACLITEAN FIRE & OF THE COMFORT OF THE RESURRECTION by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS TO HELEN (2) by EDGAR ALLAN POE ROUTE MARCH by CHARLES HAMILTON SORLEY ICHABOD by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 89, 90. MU'HTI, MANI'H by EDWIN ARNOLD EUMARES by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS THE SURVIVAL by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN CUBA TO COLUMBIA [APRIL, 1896] by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON |
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