Nature

Dolphins in Blue Water

by Amy Lowell 1874–1925

From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Planes of Personality

Nature

Hey! Crackerjack -- jump!
Blue water,
Pink water,
Swirl, flick, flitter;
Snout into a wave-trough,
Plunge, curl.
Bow over,
Under,
Razor-cut and tumble.
Roll, turn --
Straight -- and shoot at the sky,
All rose-flame drippings.
Down ring,
Drop,
Nose under,
Hoop,
Tail,
Dive,
And gone;
With smooth over-swirlings of blue water,
Oil-smooth cobalt,
Slipping, liquid lapis lazuli,
Emerald shadings,
Tintings of pink and ochre.
Prismatic slidings
Underneath a windy sky.

MLA

Lowell, Amy. “Dolphins in Blue Water.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/274/.

Chicago

Lowell, Amy. “Dolphins in Blue Water.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/274/.

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