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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT ROAD, by ROBERT A. DONALDSON
First Line: A pitch-black road, and rain
Last Line: The noisy bumping of a camion train.
Subject(s): Night; Roads; War; World War I; Bedtime; Paths; Trails; First World War
First Line: A pitch-black road, and rain
Last Line: The noisy bumping of a camion train.
Subject(s): Night; Roads; War; World War I; Bedtime; Paths; Trails; First World War
ROBERT A. DONALDSON
A pitch-black road, and rain;
Mud underfoot;
No lights;
The crunch of wheels;
The jangle of a chain;
The noisy bumping of a camion train.
Dim forms;
The shuffling steps of men;
The slush of mud;
A vivid lightning flash,
A rocket's glare,
A shell's slow droning through the air.
Black dank woods;
An endless wagon line;
A spurt of fire,
Across—then blackness;
Endless rain;
The noisy bumping of a camion train.
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