Poems by Ellen Bryant Voigt
Landscape, Dense with Trees
... mimosa by the fence, and as it failed, fast-growing chestnuts, ...
Year’s End
... Upstairs, his sister turned in her sleep ...
The Spire
... Seeing the summit pierce the abstract heavens, ...
Preparation
... s Daughter, he wooed her with a wormy apple ...
The Bat
... to the scrabble of claws, the fast treble ...
Bright Leaf
... can barely lick salt from the back of a hand, brush at flies, ...
Tropics
... I dream of an island where long-stemmed cranes, ...
Blue Ridge
... Or, more likely, with the celebrated fireworks thrusting ...
A Marriage Poem
... She wants something crisp and permanent, ...
At the Movie: Virginia, 1956
... crowds lined the sidewalks, swirled through the courthouse yard, ...
