Scrub Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Scrub

Rating: 2.9


If I grow bitterly,
Like a gnarled and stunted tree,
Bearing harshly of my youth
Puckered fruit that sears the mouth;
If I make of my drawn boughs
An Inshospitable House,
Out of which I nevery pry
Towards the water and the sky,
Under which I stand and hide
And hear the day go by outside;
It is that a wind to strong
Bent my back when I was young,
It is that I fear the rain
Lest it blister me again.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Tom Hanks 09 January 2018

This Poem is actually trash.

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Colleen Courtney 17 May 2014

Such a sad poem. A woman choosing to live in seclusion.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Rockland / Maine / United States
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