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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOUTH BY WEST: SOUTHWEST PLAINS, by EDNA TARVER
First Line: Baked dry
Last Line: In placid waiting.
Subject(s): Prairies; Plains
First Line: Baked dry
Last Line: In placid waiting.
Subject(s): Prairies; Plains
Baked dry
and ever shifting --
no remnant of the verdant growth
her sign of joyful living.
Long uncaressed by heaven's showers
she spreads her empty hollow hands
in placid waiting.
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