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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SMALL POET INQUIRES, by FLORENCE CROW First Line: I do not know the organ notes Last Line: Shall I not play? | |||
I do not know the organ notes, Its stops and keys, And so I cannot thunder its Full harmonies. I cannot draw a cello bow Across its strings So that you catch your breath and say An angel sings. But if I own a little pipe -- A hollow reed -- And know a tune that's wild and thin Yet sweet indeed, Learned of the river and the wind One autumn day -- Learned maybe at the river's edge, Shall I not play? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COUNTRY AFTERNOON by FLORENCE CROW OLD MILL TEA-ROOM by FLORENCE CROW SPRINGTIME by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: PENNIWIT, THE ARTIST by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE PAST IS THE PRESENT (2) by MARIANNE MOORE JOE HILL LISTENS TO THE PRAYING by KENNETH PATCHEN SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 11. IN THE RESTAURANT by THOMAS HARDY LONDON CHURCHES by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES BALAUSTION'S ADVENTURE: PART 3 by ROBERT BROWNING |
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