Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A DUMP HEAD, by RUTH MOOERS


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A DUMP HEAD, by                    
First Line: A dump heap burning at sunset
Last Line: The refuse of another day.
Subject(s): Evening; Refuse & Refuse Disposal; Smoke; Sunset; Twilight


A dump heap burning at sunset;
The refuse of the day
Is burned away. Strange that beauty
Could come from this; and yet
As I stand in the distance
And see only the flame
And the clear gray smoke,
A picture of beauty arises
From out of earth's dirt.
It ascends to the blue sky,
And like a beautiful veil let down
From the clouds, I can see the sun --
Set through it -- in glorious color.
The sun goes down.
A dump heap has turned to ashes --
Only a smoldering flame remains;
The night comes on;
The ashes cool, and await
The refuse of another day.





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