Sea Coal
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.
Amy Lowell
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.
Amy Lowell’s “Sea Coal” reads like a quick, imagist snapshot of a shoreline. It turns a piece of sea coal—or the dark rock around it—into something almost floral and jewel-like.
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