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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOY, by CLARISSA SCOTT DELANY Poet's Biography
First Line: Joy shakes me like the wind that lifts a sail
Last Line: Bewildered.
Subject(s): African Americans - Women
First Line: Joy shakes me like the wind that lifts a sail
Last Line: Bewildered.
Subject(s): African Americans - Women
Joy shakes me like the wind that lifts a sail,
Like the roistering wind
That laughs through stalwart pines.
It floods me like the sun
On rain-drenched trees
That flash with silver and green.
I abandon myself to joy --
I laugh -- I sing.
Too long have I walked a desolate way,
Too long stumbled down a maze
Bewildered.
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