Skip to content
Linespedia

Orange Lichens

Topics: classic

Orange lichens, in sun-like clusters,         entomb the Rockface wall         a sheer ascent from the waterline         into glassy viscous green - -         the plummet from skyward         to lake face         passes breathless squadrons         of Dragon Flies          - devil's Darning Needles         threading the air         where Wolf Spiders         bivouac in web-castles,         thin Draculas to their insect host         each hairy mantle black         with burrow moats at high watermark;         yet unforeseen are the funnel lairs         for bull snakes         each water thrasher         gracing the rotund, behemoth Rock         lunging like a Spirit Presence up         from this watery chalice.

AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.

About this line

"Orange lichens, in sun-like clusters,..."

Paul Cameron Brown's contribution to classic is further solidified by the brilliance found in "Orange Lichens"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

Classified Tags

Related lines

"The sea is a requisitioned article in my possession.         Above, in fat circles of conformity, glide         turkey vultures, their combs"

"The pig's head omelette -         something akin to a tatoo         buried squarely on the upper         torso of the man         wieldin"

"1         Having wilderness cracks         in emotional facades         chinks within         to let cabins in.         2         Poro"

"The four Equinox sisters,         the one, Fox, streaked -         all color, a blur         a Bloomingdale's on fire,         a wedge be"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

Continue Reading

"The sea is a requisitioned article in my possessio..."

Weekly Poetic Insight

Join our literary Sanctuary

Get the most inspiring lines, poetic analysis, and secret shayaris delivered to your inbox every Sunday.