Night Clouds Poem by Amy Lowell

Night Clouds

Rating: 4.5


The white mares of the moon rush along the sky
Beating their golden hoofs upon the glass Heavens
The white mares are all standing on their hind legs
Pawing at the green porcelain doors of the remote Heavens
Fly, mares!
Strain your utmost
Scatter the milky dust of stars
Or the tigers will leap upon you and destroy you
With one lick of his vermillion tongue

Monday, April 6, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: night
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 06 April 2015

I wonder if Amy realized when she wrote this poem that the MARES of the moon refer not to HORSES but to SEAS? Spanish and Portuguese (and probably Latin) : MAR = SEA related words in English: mariner, maritime Interesting poem, nevertheless.

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John Pendrey 18 March 2016

The penultimate line should be, Or the tiger sun will leap upon you and destroy you

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_____ 11 December 2017

I wonder if Amy Lowell realized that tigers are plural and then switched to singular with one lick of his vermillion.

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Arietta 11 April 2020

It’s “ the tiger sun will leap upon you...”

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Dr Antony Theodore 07 July 2020

Strain your utmost Scatter the milky dust of stars Or the tigers will leap upon you and destroy you With one lick of his vermillion tongue A very good poem. Tony

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IAAAAANNNNN 10 January 2018

i hate this poem ots for school

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(0 ^ 0) 10 January 2018

I hate this poem IIIIIIIAAAAANNNNN

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my name is jeff 11 December 2017

does amy lowell realize tigers cant leap on clouds?

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: -) (-: 11 December 2017

amy lowell is so confusing. does she realize tigers cant leap on the clouds without falling?

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Amy Lowell

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