Classic and Contemporary Poetry

ALTITUDE, by LOLA RIDGE Poet's Biography
First Line: I wonder
Last Line: Sinking into the great silence.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawson, David, Mrs.

I wonder
How it would be here with you,
Where the wind
That has shaken off its dust in low valleys
Touches one cleanly
As with a new-washed hand,
And pain
Is as the remote hunger of droning things,
And anger
But a little silence
Sinking into the great silence.