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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLAM DIGGERS ON IPSWICH FLATS, by JENNIE F. CHASE First Line: Bent forms on wide great flats are swiftly digging Last Line: For the tide has turned, as the tide will turn alway! Subject(s): Clams | |||
Bent forms on wide great flats are swiftly digging, Legs spread and supple muscles well in play; They strike, and with deft fingers snatch their harvest Wet and shining, from the mass of slaty clay. For the tide will turn -- the tide will turn alway. Work done, their motor-boats dash up the river, With wakes of flashing foam upon their way, The slate-blue masses shine in rough clam-baskets, Bronzed faces gleam, with song and laughter gay -- For the tide has turned, as the tide will turn alway! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO A CLAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE MISAPPELLATION by STEPHANIE L. BINCKLI MY NEW CLAM by STEPHANIE L. BINCKLI PRECIOUS STONES; AN INCIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY ADVICE TO A CLAM-DIGGER; AN AMERICAN GEORGIC by WILBERT SNOW WOMEN WHO ARE POETS IN MY LAND by BLAGA DIMITROVA SPRING NIGHT by HAGIWARA SAKUTARO DEAD FISH ON THE SHORE WITH CLAMS by PABLO MEDINA |
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