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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRANSITION, by MIRIAM BARRANGER
First Line: White sleeping tombs
Last Line: In a million shafts of light.
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Rest; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: White sleeping tombs
Last Line: In a million shafts of light.
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Rest; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
White sleeping tombs,
Housing those,
Who'll wake no more
To clamour of harsh sound;
Or long green fingers,
Clutching, covering;
Or fetid breaths,
Last remnants of clay.
White sleeping tombs,
Less mortal
Than those housed within,
Rising above blue shadows
To meet the azure arc;
Vibration of many victories,
Proclaiming triumph
In a million shafts of light.
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