Nature
The Skaters
From Modern American Poetry (1921)
Nature
Black swallows swooping or gliding
In a flurry of entangled loops and curves;
The skaters skim over the frozen river.
And the grinding click of their skates as they impinge upon the surface,
Is like the brushing together of thin wing-tips of silver.
Cite this poem
MLA
Fletcher, John Gould. “The Skaters.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher/4/.
Chicago
Fletcher, John Gould. “The Skaters.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher/4/.
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