Poetry Archives

A continuing selection of classic and contemporary poems.

Behind The House Is The Millet Plot

Muna Lee

Behind the house is the millet plot,
And past the millet, the stile;
And then a hill where melilot
Grows with wild camomile.

There was a youth who bade me goodby
Where the hill rises to meet the sky.
I think my heart broke; but I have forgot
All but the smell of the white melilot.

Online text © 1998-2008 Poetry X. All rights reserved.
From The Second Book of Modern Verse | 1919

What are tags?
Tags, sometimes called “folksonomies,” are words that describe or categorize a poem, like “20th century modernism” or “Italian sonnet”. Tags can help you find poems that have something in common, based on how other people classify them.

Muna Lee Contents