Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ORISONS, by EDWIN MCNEILL POTEAT JR.


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First Line: He placed a prayer wheel where the wild winds dance
Last Line: But god stopped stars in flight an hour, and listened.
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


He placed a prayer wheel where the wild winds dance,
And some complained his piety was lazy;
But then his thoughts on prayer were rather hazy.
Yet God attended to his suppliance.

He knelt on scarlet plush before his lord,
And mumbled words of ancient litanies
But felt uncomfortable on his knees;
And God, lost in the gloomy nave, was bored.

Silent, she raised her eyes that burned and glistened
Like fresh lit tapers in a shadowy crypt;
No raptured praise, no murmuring, tight lipped,
But God stopped stars in flight an hour, and listened.





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