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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROWAN BERRIES, by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE Poet's Biography First Line: There is no colour in the world today Last Line: More vivid, since their background is so grey. Alternate Author Name(s): Page, P. K. Subject(s): Colors; Rowan Berries | |||
There is no colour in the world today; the sky is leaden; trees are etched in steel; the vines that climb on dusty poles are grey; the road, dull thread, unwinding from a reel. There is no joy in such a day as this. The wind has swept the colour from the world. At the Beginning, with a rasping hiss, on such a day, the nettle leaves uncurled. And yet . . . and yet, could it be that my mind was so submerged in grey I did not see the wind had left a splash of red behind in rowan berries clustered on a tree? Like vivid drops of pidgeon's blood they sway more vivid, since their background is so grey. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ISOLATIONIST by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE LANDSCAPE OF LOVE by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE THE MOLE by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE HIS OWNE EPITAPH by FRANCOIS VILLON SONNET: HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BURNS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES ELAYNE LE BLANC by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 6. PALINGENSIS: EUTHANASIA (WRITTEN AFTER LONG ILLNESS) by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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