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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YUCCAS ON A JUNE NIGHT, by MARCUS Z. LYTLE First Line: The parched, blue hush that cloaks a summer night Last Line: To aim his life on more sidereal slant. Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form); Yucca Plants | |||
The parched, blue hush that cloaks a summer night -- When great black hills appear to count each gleam Of fragile stars in gauzy clouds that stream Above the brush like powdered dolomite -- Is wavered by a thrust of waxy white. An earth-grown, torching plume unfolds, to seem Like high accomplishments that disesteem Not only yucca stalks, but shafts of light. These wisps of silver temples on a wand Are pouring from a spine-choked desert plant That sacrifices all its years beyond To enter this self-slaying free from cant. It genders dreams that make a man respond To aim his life on more sidereal slant. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YUCCAS by MARY ELIZABETH PEARCE YUCCA IN THE MOONLIGHT by GLENN WARD DRESBACH YUCCA FLOWERS by WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD WHAT DOES A WOMAN WANT? by KAREN SWENSON FROM THE DARK TOWER by COUNTEE CULLEN THE WORLD by FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER |
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