Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CATASTROPHIC, by CLARENCE LAFAYETTE STOCKS


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CATASTROPHIC, by                    
First Line: It thundered in my dormant heart today
Last Line: Will cool a flair of love, or quench a fire.
Subject(s): Thunder


It thundered in my dormant heart today,
And lightning played across each hemisphere;
Each ventricle was thrilled with hope that spring
Had come, that love and verdant growth were near.

But ah, alas, a harsh downrush of wind
Brought snarling clouds and damp and cold again;
All thoughts of warmth and love, departing, were
Replaced, each flash of hope, with dagger pain.

Impertinent! To think to break the hold
Of ruthless winter's icy cold desire;
When just a gust of hate, or hail or rain,
Will cool a flair of love, or quench a fire.





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