Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JACOB'S LADDER, by AMY CROCKER LEIGHTON


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JACOB'S LADDER, by                    
First Line: An even goal describes a day of sun
Last Line: Is jacob's ladder, urging them to climb.
Subject(s): Ambition


An even goal describes a day of sun,
A day of balance, swung in ballast, where
The medieval figures over run
Exponents built of God's progressive fare.
The arcs that roof a gay procedure win
A certain kind of arabesque design,
Resplendent forms of coloring within
Kaleidoscopic mummery and line.
But fields of common labor harbor wheat
And tractors furrow soil for every need,
While childen plough their merry-mount with feet
That barter life away from moron's greed,
Yet curving like a spiral out of grime
Is Jacob's ladder, urging them to climb.





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