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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YUKI, by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA First Line: When cherry flowers begin to blow Last Line: T is all I know of weather. Alternate Author Name(s): Mccall, Sidney; Scott, Mary Mcneil | |||
WHEN cherry flowers begin to blow With Yuki's face beneath them, The richest petals lose their glow, And small buds haste to sheath them. When blue wistaria hangs its head And Yuki leans above it, The swallow flits discomforted, -- With none to see or love it. When lotus blossoms open wide, And beckon men to dreaming, My Yuki smiles, -- and all their pride Is but a perfumed seeming. When snow is white on moat and tree And crusts each bamboo feather, My Yuki lifts her eyes to me, -- 'T is all I know of weather. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FLYING FISH by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA MIYOKO SAN by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA MORNING FANCY by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA SUNRISE IN THE HILLS OF SATSUMA by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA THE BIRTH OF THE FLOWERS by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA THE SERE AND YELLOW LEAF by KAREN SWENSON THE BOATMAN OF KINSALE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE TEMERAIRE by HERMAN MELVILLE TO MY CHILDREN: 3 by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD |
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