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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTER MORNING, by FLORENCE E. VON WIEN First Line: The morning's in a frivolous mood! Last Line: The morning's in a frivolous mood! Subject(s): Death; Haunted Houses; Skeletons; Dead, The | |||
The morning's in a frivolous mood! The skeleton branches have all changed to comedy masks! That haunted house is a tempting, frosted, tart— What dainty, lacy, hangings on its windows! See that tree laden with white narcissus—or is it bridal-wreath? No, no, not that one—on the other side— Where they're taking that man to the morgue, The one that was frozen to death,—yes. The morning's in a frivolous mood! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND IN SUMMER by FLORENCE E. VON WIEN |
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