Sea Poppies Poem by Hilda Doolittle

Sea Poppies

Rating: 2.8


Amber husk
fluted with gold,
fruit on the sand
marked with a rich grain,

treasure
spilled near the shrub-pines
to bleach on the boulders:

your stalk has caught root
among wet pebbles
and drift flung by the sea
and grated shells
and split conch-shells.

Beautiful, wide-spread,
fire upon leaf,
what meadow yields
so fragrant a leaf
as your bright leaf?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 05 December 2015

She handles her topics deftly and courteously

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Brian Jani 13 May 2014

Sea poppies I like it

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Hilda Doolittle

Hilda Doolittle

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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