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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WORLD APART, by CHANG CHIH-HO First Line: The lady moon is my lover Last Line: In the dust of the whirl of men. Alternate Author Name(s): Chang Kuei-ling | |||
The Lady Moon is my lover, My friends are the oceans four, The heavens have roofed me over, And the dawn is my golden door I would liefer follow the condor Or the seagull, soaring from ken, Than bury my godhead yonder In the dust of the whirl of men. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BRIGHTNESS AS A POIGNANT LIGHT by DAVID IGNATOW SALLY IN OUR ALLEY by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743) THE WILD RIDE by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY AN ENGLISH MOTHER by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON STRANGE MEETINGS: 10 by HAROLD MONRO THE PRAYER PERFECT by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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