Talisman
Under a splintered mast,
torn from ship and cast
near her hull,
a stumbling shepherd found
embedded in the ground,
a sea-gull
of lapis lazuli,
a scarab of the sea,
with wings spread—
curling its coral feet,
parting its beak to greet
men long dead.
Credit
This poem is in the public domain.
About this Poem
“Talisman” was published in Poems (The Egoist Press, 1921).
Date Published
10/23/2016