Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CRY OF THE CRANE, by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN First Line: The woman had borne me a child Last Line: With my child in her arms? Subject(s): Cranes (birds); Death - Children; Desolation; Pain; Death - Babies; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
THE woman had borne me a child; I had laughed and gone my way. She cried to me in her agony; her desolation. I rode away untouched; my heart was turned to stone. The sight of the new born childmy owndid not move me. Why, then, did the cry of the crane, Startled, as I rode past the swamp at midnight, After an evening of roistering, Open my heart to an understanding Of that woman's suffering, Make me feel her soul as my own, Make me turn, shamed and stricken, And ride to the hut where she lay dying With my child in her arms? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR CHERRY TREES IN APRIL by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN |
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