History & Politics
In Time of War
From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Lacquer Prints
History & Politics
Across the newly-plastered wall,
The darting of red dragonflies
Is like the shooting
Of blood-tipped arrows.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lowell, Amy. “In Time of War.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/178/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “In Time of War.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/178/.
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