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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD WOMAN FAIRY, by MARY BRODINE First Line: She dressed in tiered petticoats Last Line: And sang through a straw. | |||
She dressed in tiered petticoats, Tissued and green, And drifted her hair like a wind That listed and flew and careened, Leaving the air odors of almond, Carnation and mint And the watered, wet musk Of weeds in the sea. She ate from her fingers figs and wild wheat; And when she was tired She rode a black turtle And sang through a straw. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STREET-CRIES: 2. THE SHIP OF EARTH by SIDNEY LANIER BEFORE MARCHING, AND AFTER (IN MEMORIAM F.W.G.) by THOMAS HARDY STONEWALL JACKSON; MORTALLY WOUNDED AT CHANCELLORSVILLE by HERMAN MELVILLE THE SPIRIT OF NATURE by RICHARD REALF FIELD AMBULANCE IN RETREAT; VIA DOLOROSA, VIA SACRA by MAY SINCLAIR EDGE by CHARLOTTE FARRINGTON BABCOCK MON REPOS (MY MOTHER'S GIRLHOOD HOME) by ALFRED BARRETT HATED by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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