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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EUCALYPTUS, by GRACE REINI First Line: Tattered shreds of wind-blown dress Last Line: Why must clothing hide a tree? Subject(s): Eucalyptus Trees | |||
Tattered shreds of wind-blown dress Reveal your naked loveliness. Castanetted fingers play Rhythmic dance to white limbs' sway. Their garments reaching to the grass, Frowning kindred say, "Alas!" Ragged beauty -- happy, free -- Why must clothing hide a tree? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TREES IN AUTUMN by ANNE MILLAY BREMER THE FLYING MOUSE (NEW SOUTH WALES -- MOONLIGHT) by WILLIAM SHARP TO A SCREEN-MAKER by MARIANNE MOORE OLD OSAWATOMIE by CARL SANDBURG TO R. B. by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, 1720 by JONATHAN SWIFT THE BURIED LIFE by MATTHEW ARNOLD |
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