“Wild Plum" They are unholy who are born To love wild plum at night, Who once have passed it on a road Glimmering and white. It is as though the darkness had Speech of silver words, Or as though a cloud of stars Perched like ghostly birds. They are unpitied from their birth And homeless in men’s sight, Who love, better than the earth, Wild plum at night.”
Quotes by Orrick Johns
Orrick Johns
Orrick Glenday Johns was an influential American poet and playwright, recognized as one of the pioneering modernist free-verse poets in early 20th-century America. He emerged in the vibrant artistic c...