Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRAYER OF THE UNEMPLOYED, by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, I do not ask for houses of steel Last Line: Work for these hands to do. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Unemployment; Theology | ||||||||
Lord, I do not ask for houses of steel, Nor houses built of stone; But for the exultation to feel The tug on muscle and bone. Not for wealth or men at my commands, Nor peace when I am through I only ask work for these hands, Work for these hands to do. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY DISCOVERY (2) by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY ELEGY FOR A LITTLE GIRL BURNED BENEATH OAK TREES by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY |
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