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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREEN VALLEY, by DOROTHY VENA JOHNSON First Line: I stood in a meadow Last Line: Surrounding me. | |||
I stood in a meadow And all I could see Was the green valley Surrounding me. Then the setting sun Burned a ghastly red: Blood of young men Too soon dead. A tawny lizard Crawled near my feat: I visioned women Alone, deplete. And now and then A fledgling cried, Like destitute folk On the wayside. When I beheld The tallest tree, My soul expanded Inside of me. I wished, as I viewed The greenest pit, To bury ugliness In it. The hills were rich With buds impearled. The valley seemed To engulf the world. I stood in the meadow, And all I could see Was the green valley Surrounding me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD by EUGENE FIELD THE PORTENT by HERMAN MELVILLE THE CRISIS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER GHOST STARS by MADELEINE AARON |
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