Nature
Sea Coal
From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Planes of Personality
Nature
Swift like the tongues of lilies,
Striped Amaryllis
Thrusting out of cloven basalt.
Amber and chalcedony,
And the snapping of sand
On rocks
Glazed by the wind.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lowell, Amy. “Sea Coal.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/273/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “Sea Coal.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/273/.
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