Read full poem →She swings a basket as she walks, which she places on the sill,
between the geranium stalks. He laughs, and crumples his paper
as he leans forward to look. "The Basket Filled with Moonlight",
Dictionary Entry
The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
In a Sentence
“a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. stalkscelery stalksstalks cornstalks flowerstalks celerystalks longstalks leaf
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Poetry examples for “stalks”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →In his hands he carried a new-burst clump
Of laurel blossoms, whose smooth-barked stalks
Were pliant with sap. As a husband talks
Read full poem →By self, that accidental quantity!
With this conceit, Philosophy stalks frail
As peacock staggering underneath his tail.
Read full poem →And swells into a purplish mass
Like growths on stalks of corn.
Here was I, a carpenter, mired in a bog of life
Read full poem →That should by now be grown,--
Rough stalks, and from thick stamens
A poisonous pollen blown,
Read full poem →That should by now be grown,--
Rough stalks, and from thick stamens
A poisonous pollen blown,
Read full poem →conquer;
We have bent the blades of our hoes against the stalks of them.
Read full poem →Noisy and swift the small brooks run
Among the mullein stalks the sheep
Go up the hillside in the sun,
Read full poem →Is the shelf of a cupboard;
I make bean-stalks, I'm
A builder, like yourself,
Read full poem →When, along the stubble strewn,
Withering on their stalks uneaten,
Strawberries turn dark and sweeten