Tropic Winter

The afternoon is frozen with memories,
Radiant as ice.
The sun sets amidst the agued trembling of the leaves;
Sinking right down through the gold air
Into the arms of the sea.
And the enameled wings of the palm trees
Keep shivering, shivering
Beating the old air thin…

Credit

This poem is in the public domain, and originally appeared in Others for 1919; An Anthology of the New Verse (Nicholas L. Brown, 1920).

Author

Evelyn Scott

Evelyn Scott was born on January 17, 1893. A novelist, playwright, and poet, Scott published three books of poetry in her lifetime. She died on August 3, 1963.

Date Published

01/01/1920