1 Waken Waken Gird might of arm YHVH Waken as before endless generatings Didn't you crush Rahab? hole Tannin? Didn't you dry up Yam? mighty waters of Tehom? set the YAM deeps a path for the saved to tread? sea 2 In his might he stirred the sea YAM Then in his cunning crushed Rahab By his wind set YAM in net sea His hand made holes in the twisty snake 3 You broke up YAM in your might sea You smashed Tanin-heads in the water You crushed Leviatan heads Made him food for desert folk You split spring and creek You dried up mighty rivers The day is yours yom The night is yours You set up light and sun You determined earthbounds Summer and winter you made them Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONGS IN ABSENCE: 7. THE SHIP by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH AFTER THE QUARREL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR PROPERZIA ROSSI by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE NEWLY WEDDED by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED THE TRAMPS by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE |