Nature
Opal
From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Planes of Personality
Nature
You are ice and fire,
The touch of you burns my hands like snow.
You are cold and flame.
You are the crimson of amaryllis,
The silver of moon-touched magnolias.
When I am with you,
My heart is a frozen pond
Gleaming with agitated torches.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lowell, Amy. “Opal.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/233/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “Opal.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/233/.
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