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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EL PONIENTE, by RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath the train the miles are folded by Last Line: It is young air we breathe. This is the west! Alternate Author Name(s): Young, Sanborn, Mrs. Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States | |||
Beneath the train the miles are folded by: High and still higher thro' the vibrant air We mount and climb. Silence and brazen glare; Desert and sage-brush; cactus; alkali; Tiny, low-growing flowers, brilliant, dry; A vanishing coyote lean and spare, Lopes slowly homeward with a backward stare To jig-saw hills cut sharp against the sky. In the hard turquoise rides a copper sun: Old hopes come thronging with an urge, a zest: Beside the window gliding wires run, Binding two oceans. Argosy and quest! Old dreams remembered to be dreamed and done! It is young air we breathe. This is the West! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WESTERN WAGONS by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET DRIVING WEST IN 1970 by ROBERT BLY IN THE HELLGATE WIND by MADELINE DEFREES A PERIOD PORTRAIT OF SYMPATHY by EDWARD DORN ASSORTED COMPLIMENTS by EDWARD DORN AT THE COWBOY PANEL by EDWARD DORN THE NIGHT COURT by RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL |
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