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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM THE JAPANESE, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: I only live in the light Last Line: -- the mist silently lifted and showed me -- an open tomb. | |||
I I only live in the light: Let there be light for me, Or let the night come soon! II Winter, -- Summer's rainbow-mantle of colour fades Back, once again, to white. III I cry, Echo answers faintly. Echo is a poet. IV A breeze ruffles the rain-pool. -- Even our griefs cannot find rest, Aimlessly up and down they are tossed by the wind. V Snowflakes rise and fall on the wind: Even Winter has her white flocks of silent birds. VI I gazed through the mist: Was it a goddess I saw? -- The mist silently lifted and showed me -- an open tomb. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARIZONA POEMS: 4. THE WINDMILLS by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER ARIZONA POEMS: 6. RAIN IN THE DESERT by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 1. EMBARKATION by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 2. HEAT by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 3. FULL MOON by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 4. THE MOON'S ORCHESTRA by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 5. THE STEVEDORES by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 6. NIGHT LANDING by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 7. THE SILENCE by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER GREEN SYMPHONY by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |
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