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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROWAN BERRIES, by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE Poet's Biography First Line: There is no colour in the world today Last Line: More vivid, since their background is so grey. Alternate Author Name(s): Page, P. K. Subject(s): Colors; Rowan Berries | |||
There is no colour in the world today; the sky is leaden; trees are etched in steel; the vines that climb on dusty poles are grey; the road, dull thread, unwinding from a reel. There is no joy in such a day as this. The wind has swept the colour from the world. At the Beginning, with a rasping hiss, on such a day, the nettle leaves uncurled. And yet . . . and yet, could it be that my mind was so submerged in grey I did not see the wind had left a splash of red behind in rowan berries clustered on a tree? Like vivid drops of pidgeon's blood they sway more vivid, since their background is so grey. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ISOLATIONIST by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE LANDSCAPE OF LOVE by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE THE MOLE by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE THE WORN WEDDING-RING by WILLIAM COX BENNETT DEDICATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: 6. GRUACH by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE NATIONAL PAINTINGS: COL. TRUMBULL'S 'THE DECLARATION...' by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK NOVEMBER BLUE by ALICE MEYNELL NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER by MARY MORRISON |
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