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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DROUGHT - 1936, by MILDRED MCGINN DOYLE First Line: The day winds are cruel winds Last Line: Prayers for god's gift of rain. Subject(s): Drought | |||
The day winds are cruel winds, Torrid winds whipping and burning And torturing a gasping earth. The still nights are sleepless nights With heat ghosts parading over the sered grass Of a new desert. The trees are silent sufferers With curling leaves Clutching and pleading for moisture. Hordes of grasshoppers, green and gold Thump from stem to stem Like vicious buzzards stealing life. Drought. From the open church windows Chanted litanies are heard -- Prayers for God's gift of rain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CA'LINE'S PRAYER by LUCILLE CLIFTON SAN ANTONIO MI SANGRE: FROM THE HARD SEASON by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE DESERT PARABLE by ELEANOR WILNER KINGFISHER FLAT by WILLIAM EVERSON THE BROKEN DROUGHT by ROBERT FROST CANE: NOVEMBER COTTON FLOWER by JEAN TOOMER DESERT WIFE by NELLIE COOLEY ALDER DROUTH WILL BE ENDED by GLADYS NAOMI ARNOLD GRATIANA DANCING AND SINGING by RICHARD LOVELACE |
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