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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ETHEREAL SNOBS, by ANN WOODBURY HAFEN First Line: Today might be the final day Last Line: And me dwells with the worms. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
Today might be the final day This body shall be mine; Tomorrow it may find a soul In a flowering columbine. And should the flame that warms me now Become an ether wave To roll among the distant stars That light an earthy grave, I wonder if the Me and I Will be on speaking terms When I hobnob with ancient Mars And Me dwells with the worms. | 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 LIKE A FRIENDSHIP MARRED by ANN WOODBURY HAFEN |
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