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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GESTURE, by ELISABETH CLARKE First Line: I clamored for a star Last Line: Lord, let me grow! I prayed. Subject(s): Dreams; Stars; Nightmares | |||
I clamored for a star That shone above the rest More beautiful than all: The brightest, loveliest. I was not tall enough I knew, to reach so high, Still, futilely I flung My arms up to the sky. I wanted it so much! Yet what was I to do? It would not stoop to me Nor could I climb, it's true. And though I pondered long, I found no plan, no scheme To bridge the space that lay Between me and my dream. Despairingly I vowed I'd have none else and laid My head upon my hands:— Lord, let me grow! I prayed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BLACK RIDERS: 9 by STEPHEN CRANE A TERRIBLE INFANT by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX [APRIL 9, 1865] by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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