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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YUCCAS ON A JUNE NIGHT, by MARCUS Z. LYTLE First Line: The parched, blue hush that cloaks a summer night Last Line: To aim his life on more sidereal slant. Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form); Yucca Plants | |||
The parched, blue hush that cloaks a summer night -- When great black hills appear to count each gleam Of fragile stars in gauzy clouds that stream Above the brush like powdered dolomite -- Is wavered by a thrust of waxy white. An earth-grown, torching plume unfolds, to seem Like high accomplishments that disesteem Not only yucca stalks, but shafts of light. These wisps of silver temples on a wand Are pouring from a spine-choked desert plant That sacrifices all its years beyond To enter this self-slaying free from cant. It genders dreams that make a man respond To aim his life on more sidereal slant. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YUCCAS by MARY ELIZABETH PEARCE YUCCA IN THE MOONLIGHT by GLENN WARD DRESBACH YUCCA FLOWERS by WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD FOR LAUREL AND HARDY ON MY WORKROOM WALL by DAVID WAGONER REMEMBERING NAT TURNER by STERLING ALLEN BROWN CUPID AND CAMPASPE, FR. ALEXANDER AND CAMPASPE by JOHN LYLY THE UNSCARRED FIGHTER REMEMBERS FRANCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |
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