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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RETURN TO FORGOTTEN VALLEY, by BIM MELGAARD First Line: A coffee bush again will bloom Last Line: Because my heart bloomed in this place. | |||
A coffee bush again will bloom, An orange tree spread thick perfume; While, on the wall, grape vines will blow Black shadow-dragons to and fro. When down the mango's varnished leaves The moonlight slides and, on the breeze, Gardenias squander all their sweet, A cobbled path will feel my feet. The stone will bear me but the grass Will bend beneath me as I pass From road to house and house to stream, Treading the ways I've trod in dream. That night I'll touch each tree and vine, Remembering that they once were mine; And kiss a flower's upturned face Because my heart bloomed in this place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ORDER THE DESTRUCTION by BIM MELGAARD WAIKIKI: DECEMBER by BIM MELGAARD WAIKIKI: EVENING by BIM MELGAARD WIND AT KAHUKA by BIM MELGAARD BALLADE MADE FOR HIS MOTHER THAT SHE MIGHTE PRAYE by FRANCOIS VILLON BERNARDO DEL CARPIO by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS UPON PRUE, HIS MAID by ROBERT HERRICK |
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