Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DESERT SEAS, by CORNELIA DODDS


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First Line: A vanished sea has left its haunting line
Last Line: Only their faint susurri break the hush.


A vanished sea has left its haunting line
Inscribed upon the rocks that formed the shore.
A somber cliff above the desert-floor
Was long ago an island washed by brine.
These tiny shells give undisputed sign
Of life the prehistoric waters bore;
But while the gleaming tides return no more,
Resurging power flows in fresh design.
For undulating flowers are like the waves
That rippled golden under ancient moons
Or shimmered rosy with a dawning's flush.
The sands that white forget-me-not now laves
Surround verbena's purple-dyed lagoons.
Only their faint susurri break the hush.





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