Nature
Dissonance
From Ballads for Sale (1927)
Nature
From my window I can see the moonlight stroking the smooth surface of the river.
The trees are silent, there is no wind.
Admirable pre-Raphaelite landscape,
Lightly touched with ebony and silver.
I alone am out of keeping:
An angry red gash
Proclaiming the restlessness
Of an incongruous century.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lowell, Amy. “Dissonance.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/483/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “Dissonance.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/483/.
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