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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLACK APRIL, by GRACE BROWN PUTNAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Could god have meant the spring to hurt us so
Last Line: Just one black night of agony?
Subject(s): April; Depression, Mental; Grief; Spring; Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Could god have meant the spring to hurt us so
Last Line: Just one black night of agony?
Subject(s): April; Depression, Mental; Grief; Spring; Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress; Sorrow; Sadness
Could God have meant the spring to hurt us so
That wounds should ache when south winds blow?
Must sweeter air and sun-warmed rain
Bring back once more an ancient pain?
And purple clouds that brood and drift
Mean but a stab of anguish swift?
Must sky-lines flowing free and far
Revive the sting beneath a scar?
And robin's song now hold a note
That clutches at a parching throat?
COULD God have MEANT the spring to be
Just one black night of agony?
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