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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADOLESCENT, by VIOLET ALLEYN STOREY First Line: Half-man, half child, his whole limp body nods Last Line: The gods themselves as adam leapt to eve! Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Adolescence; Bible; Puberty; Teen Agers | |||
Half-man, half-child, his whole limp body nods: -- More listless he than "Adam" long ago Born of the brush of Michelangelo, For Adam's finger was held out to God's While this boy's langour is impalpable. The world, that won Christ's Life and Death, to him Is like an empty kettle, soot-stained, dim. Skies Galileo watched, for him prove dull. He yawns while men weave threads of dream, soul-spun, Into firm fabrics of reality; -- His mind too sluggish now to feel or see That thence a trek of half-gods has begun. Yet when these go, he'll leap up to receive The gods themselves as Adam leapt to Eve! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN by DORIANNE LAUX PORTRAIT OF A GIRL WITH COMIC BOOK by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE ONE GIRL AT THE BOYS PARTY by SHARON OLDS CHERRYLOG ROAD by JAMES DICKEY BROTHER AND SISTER by MARY ANN EVANS ADOLESCENCE by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT A PRAYER FOR A VERY NEW ANGEL by VIOLET ALLEYN STOREY |
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