No Swan So Fine by Marianne Moore
"No water so still as the
dead fountains of Versailles." No swan,
with swart blind look askance
and gondoliering legs, so fine
as the chinz china one with fawn-
brown eyes and toothed gold
collar on to show whose bird it was.
Lodged in the Louis Fifteenth
candelabrum-tree of cockscomb-
tinted buttons, dahlias,
sea-urchins, and everlastings,
it perches on the branching foam
of polished sculptured
flowers--at ease and tall. The king is dead.
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Unique Poems from Here and There
PoetryTHESE ARE NOT MY POEMS! This is just a compilation of some poems that are from everywhere and anyone. No copyright intended, I just really enjoyed these pieces so I hoped to share them. I found these on Tumblr, through school work, while watching Yo...
