Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DUST SPOUT, by MARY BEALE CARR


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DUST SPOUT, by                    
First Line: Behold, I am a spinner
Last Line: When dust returns to dust.
Subject(s): Wind


Behold, I am a spinner,
No threads nor shuttles need
Where dust and winds of desert
Supply my magic speed.

I circle in the valley
My comrades on each hand,
Together we go swirling
Across the somber sand.

Then swiftly I unravel
My veil of dusky hue
And twist and twirl and spiral
Into the misty blue.

But I, the subtle spinner,
Have spent my strength in vain;
The sky I seek for lover
Repulses me in rain.

Not for me the passion
Of a red star's rust,
My mother earth receives me
When dust returns to dust.





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