Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HEADLINES, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER


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First Line: A thousand men are dead in syria
Last Line: As the others run.
Subject(s): Death; Disasters; Dead, The


A thousand men are dead in Syria,
The heavy mountain seams its sides with fire—
These headlines are for God.
Enough for me
To savor all disaster when I hear
Your dead foot limping
As the others run.





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