Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MORNING ON THE MESA, by ETHEL ESTES



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MORNING ON THE MESA, by                    
First Line: He walked to do the early morning chores
Last Line: A mesa's rebels living with her night.
Subject(s): Morning


He walked to do the early morning chores
But shades of turning night held back his hands;
His heart to follow beat of smallest life
That arched itself to mount a fragile thread....
The morning star replacing desert moon,
A grouse close to the soil for warmth in vain,
A rodent slipping through the Yucca blades
And reptile quiet with sure sense of gain;
These and the distant ring of whelping cry
Brought in the streak of mole-gray patch of day,
And not alone the haunting timeless voice
Of that wild herdsman signalling his pack, --
The lone coyote sending to the gulch
A mesa's rebels living with her night.





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