Modernist+poem+3-+Sea+rose

Sea Rose.

Rose, harsh rose,

marred and with stint of petals,

meagre flower, thin,

sparse of leaf,

more precious

than a wet rose

single on a stem --

you are caught in the drift.

Stunted, with small leaf,

you are flung on the sand,

you are lifted

in the crisp sand

that [|drives] in the wind.

Can the spice-rose

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">drip such acrid fragrance

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">hardened in a leaf?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Hilda Doolittle.