Type into the gaps to complete the poem. To reset the game, click on the "Reset Game" button located below the poem. This will clear all the words you've placed in the blanks, and resetting the poem to its original state with empty blanks. If you prefer to drag and drop words, click the Drag & Drop button below. You can also print out the poem for use in the classroom.
I am no rose kissed scarlet by the sun,
pale love-in-a-mist;
No violet that her purple web spun,
Dreaming of amethyst;
I am no hair-fern, beautiful and brief,
But pale and wan I grow, olive leaf.
Pale am I, scentless, grayish-green of leaf;
But pluck me — lay me in a where grief
Has set her sigil in the palm,
Has set her sigil plain as spring has
The iris of all flowers in the field
be her herald when the windflowers yield
To crowns-imperial and the spreading balm.
Set me, I say, this one graven palm,
And I shall change all my fibres, — know
All beauty to heights I dare to grow.
My green shall to an emerald glow,
Redden to ruby, blush a rose,
Yea, change and grow as passionately sweet
As does syringa, dying with the beat
Of wild wings of those wild birds that nest
the warm whiteness of a woman's breast.
So I breathe, burn, bloom, and wither so
Held that hand — for whose love have I grown
Here on my branch, a gray-green leaf alone;
height of heart's desire reach up, and go
Content, having known the best that I could know.