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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HERITAGE, by DEMIE GENAITIS First Line: These laughter-honeyed children, dirty-faced Last Line: In the arch company of stars and burning suns. Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Beauty; Children; Heritage; Heredity; Childhood | |||
These laughter-honeyed children, dirty-faced And boisterous, silently fit the mold That formed the nightingale and marigold, The crisp black ant and all that have embraced A childhood of some sort. For simply placed Are they in such positions they will swear No sweeter song, nor scent, nor town is there Than theirs. Who have unearthly beauty faced Declare it kin and common: men insist They are not awed and, shadow-weary, must Outshine a god they do not see. The gist They are of earth, this sheenless blob of dust, This midget moon that short-legged struts and runs In the arch company of stars and burning suns. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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