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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY STATE-SOUTH DAKOTA, by ROBERTA ROBERTSON First Line: Mine is a state of prairie loveliness Last Line: —the argus leader Subject(s): South Dakota; United States; America | |||
Mine is a state of prairie loveliness, Of tree-fringed lakes—or rivers, cliffed and bold; Of centuried buttes and granite spires that press To skies beyond their pregnant lodes of gold; A land where coyotes prowl and wild ducks wing, Of forest-sheltered buck and antelope; A land of drouth—or rain abundant spring— Of sun and wind and snow—of toil and hope. Mine is a state whose varied loveliness My soul enthralls. O, when the days are fine And I can see uplifted, motionless, Miraged ... a ranch, spruced streams, a smokestacked mine ... I hear God speak in loving majesty The dauntless language of eternity. —THE ARGUS LEADER | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS WATCH THE LIGHTS FADE by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH INVOCATION TO THE SOCIAL MUSE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH |
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