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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD HOUSE, by DOROTHY W. JANS First Line: How dry the grass is now Last Line: Old house, old heart. Subject(s): Abandonment; Absence; Desertion; Separation; Isolation | |||
How dry the grass is now, How stiff and dead Where once I lay upon the green With pillowed head. How squat the tree I plucked Of golden fruits, How gray and hard the bark is now, No new green shoots. The house, its paint so worn— The sagging wood— It won't be long before you lie Where once you stood. How long ago it's been To be apart. But here, at last, again we meet— Old house, old heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN |
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