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August - Poem by Dorothy Parker

When my eyes are weeds,
And my lips are petals, spinning
Down the wind that has beginning
Where the crumpled beeches start
In a fringe of salty reeds;
When my arms are elder-bushes,
And the rangy lilac pushes
Upward, upward through my heart;

Summer, do your worst!
Light your tinsel moon, and call on
Your performing stars to fall on
Headlong through your paper sky;
Nevermore shall I be cursed
By a flushed and amorous slattern,
With her dusty laces' pattern
Trailing, as she straggles by.


Comments about August by Dorothy Parker

  • Silver Star - 4,366 Points Queeny Gona (9/6/2013 5:41:00 AM)

    Amazing write.Beautiful imagery. (Report) Reply

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  • Rookie Michael Lasalle (7/19/2012 4:09:00 PM)

    The imagery is a beautiful realm where the words cast an open meadow of wild flowers rolling as far as
    the eyes can see, the sense of youth and eternity are entwined into one concept. What is time to a physical existence? And how do we control it? The mindset is a masterful play of pastel color and a depth that
    reaches new understanding. (Report) Reply

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  • Rookie Jessica Hughes (3/26/2011 3:47:00 PM)

    vivid contrast, the beginning and ending of youth (Report) Reply

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Poems About August

  1. 1. August , Dorothy Parker
  2. 2. Dark August , Derek Walcott
  3. 3. August 8th , Anne Sexton
  4. 4. August 17th , Anne Sexton
  5. 5. August , Boris Pasternak
  6. 6. August 1914 , Isaac Rosenberg
  7. 7. An August Midnight , Thomas Hardy
  8. 8. A Call For August , Sandra Fowler
  9. 9. A Calendar Of Sonnets: August , Helen Hunt Jackson
  10. 10. California Hills In August , Dana Gioia
  11. 11. August Moonrise , Sara Teasdale
  12. 12. Remorse. (From August Von Platen) , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  13. 13. August , Hans Christian Andersen
  14. 14. August Moon , Bonnie Collins
  15. 15. ' [ Late August ] ' , Ency Bearis
  16. 16. Calais, August 1802 , William Wordsworth
  17. 17. [month Of] August , Hilaire Belloc
  18. 18. Composed By The Sea-Side, Near Calais, A.. , William Wordsworth
  19. 19. Composed Near Calais, On The Road Leadin.. , William Wordsworth
  20. 20. Lines Written In August , Thomas Babbington Macaulay
  21. 21. Calais, August 15, 1802 , William Wordsworth
  22. 22. August Leading... , Theodora (Theo) Onken
  23. 23. In August , Paul Laurence Dunbar
  24. 24. August Moon , Emma Lazarus
  25. 25. August , Algernon Charles Swinburne
  26. 26. *809 Peridot Birthstone Of August , John Knight
  27. 27. The Shepherd's Calendar - August , John Clare
  28. 28. Last August Hours Before The Year 2000 , Naomi Shihab Nye
  29. 29. (be Strong Now) My Night With Her In Au.. , Justin Gildow
  30. 30. ! Song Of August! , Rema Prasanaa
  31. 31. Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 I.. , William Wordsworth
  32. 32. A Book Of Strife In The Form Of The Diar.. , George MacDonald
  33. 33. ***********on August 21,2008 , Frank Lisa IndiRa Francesca ..
  34. 34. Grant At Rest-- August 8, 1885 , James Whitcomb Riley
  35. 35. Two In August , John Crowe Ransom
  36. 36. August Hands , Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel ..
  37. 37. The Shepheardes Calender: August , Edmund Spenser
  38. 38. August , Edith Nesbit
  39. 39. August , James Whitcomb Riley
  40. 40. August , Elinor Morton Wylie
  41. 41. Climbing Milestone Mountain, August 22, .. , Kenneth Rexroth
  42. 42. 15th August,1998 In India , Dr. A.Celestine Raj Manohar ..
  43. 43. Mid-August , Duncan Campbell Scott
  44. 44. August Tidings , Usha Pisharody
  45. 45. It Was August I Remember, I Remember Whe.. , Sean Joyce
  46. 46. In August , Katharine Lee Bates
  47. 47. I Am Sorry Pakistan On 14th August, Inde.. , Shamin Bashir Shah
  48. 48. August Is The Dying Month , Wanda Swim Strunk
  49. 49. August , Jean Blewett
  50. 50. August , Robert Laurence Binyon

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  1. Long Ago, Constantine P. Cavafy
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  4. August To November, Mark Heathcote
  5. ............. Poet's Who've Committed Su.., James McLain
  6. The Man Of God, Naveed Akram
  7. Elegy Written On The Last Night Of August, Seiji Lushai
  8. This Sky Of Ours, Haruna Garba
  9. August Rains, Thomas Dooley
  10. One Night At Argonne In The August Of '.., Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)
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