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"A Prayer in Spring" by Robert Frost

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;

And give us not to think so far away

As the uncertain harvest; keep us here

All simply in the springing of the year.

Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,

Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;

And make us happy in the happy bees,

The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

And make us happy in the darting bird

That suddenly above the bees is heard,

The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,

And off a blossom in mid air stands still.

For this is love and nothing else is love,

The which it is reserved for God above

To sanctify to what far ends He will,

But which it only needs that we fulfil.

Robert Frost

  • Born in San Francisco, California,

March 26, 1874

  • His father was a teacher and an editor.
  • Famous for the poem "A Road Not Taken"
  • Died January 29, 1963.

Works Cited

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost
  • http://www.poemhunter.com/robert-frost/biography/
  • http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-prayer-in-spring/

My Poetry Anthology

By: James Meador

Under What Flag?

A Global Family

(free verse)

Genetics can do

Nothing but prove that we're all

a huge family

Pride

(Haiku)

One thing I have always been taught is to be proud

Of where you have come from and where you were born

For if no one else will defend your heritage, your culture, your unique past

Then who on God's green Earth will?

An Ode to My Ancestors

(Poem of Choice)

(Narrative)

Under what flag, then

Shall we stand?

With all of this binding,

Tying, and mixing of blood?

Where should we live?

What shall we celebrate?

To whom shall we be grateful

To have given us life?

For, now, we live

In the greatest of ages.

For we can now choose

With whom we want to live.

We can now choose with

Whom we want to be,

And are no longer constrained

By mere borders and flags.

Wherever you live, live united.

Live unbroken by simple hate

Forever tied by love,

Intertwined

So that the entire world can live

As a web, with each part

Pulling on the other

Affecting each other.

We can now celebrate freely

What our ancestors and heritage

Gave us the right to celebrate

It is your choice to love or hate

So live free, and choose well

For there is freedom now,

And now great choice to live

with whom you forever choose.

A great thanks to my many ancestors

The grateful many that have happened

To contribute to my birth

For it is a glorious thing to be alive

So I must thank them for having built

This strange new world with their hands

And now having gone to dust

Not having anyone to thank them

They have built these buildings,

These houses, homes, and walls

Cities, streets, and bridges

Tapestries of their work unfolded.

Our Ancestors Lie Within Us

The blood that flows within these veins

Emerged from battling tribes on open plains

Each tribe met with anger and strife

To keep their children safe and with life

They did not trust each other

Neither called either "brother",

Definitely not these new-found neighbors

Who were they, these queer strangers?

Each tribe, pitted each against

Their weapons and energy finally spent

The dead then collapsed to the soft earth

The survivors surrounding a flame-lit hearth.

Two would emerge

After the fight,

One from each group,

Late at night.

They weren't their parents,

Not hateful or furious.

Towards one another,

They were simply curious.

They would spend the night together

Each feeling light as a feather

Their love tying them together

Each wanting it to last forever

Nine months later, a baby was born,

As newlyweds from each tribe

The tying of them giving off a vibe

Of ecstasy that was sounded with a horn

And so on through the ages,

That I can imagine that my ancestors were united,

Split, multiplied, and united

Until I was born.

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