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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESERT WIFE, by NELLIE COOLEY ALDER First Line: I have shed cold tears so sterile they were saltless Last Line: How can such fruitless years in any manner magnify my god? Subject(s): Deserts; Drought; Food & Eating; Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
I have shed cold tears so sterile they were saltless; I have lived bleak years so futile they were faultless. How can such tasteless tears bring resurrection to this mortal clod? How can such fruitless years in any manner magnify my God? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS AUREOLA by NELLIE COOLEY ALDER |
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