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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAY OF WATER, by LENA HALL
First Line: Is there a way of water unextolled?
Last Line: Of a cool cup lifted to self-damned lips!
Subject(s): Water
First Line: Is there a way of water unextolled?
Last Line: Of a cool cup lifted to self-damned lips!
Subject(s): Water
Is there a way of water unextolled?
I have trailed burdened rivers from their birth
In a dark pool, and I have felt the worth
Of quick oases, by red stars patrolled.
The freshening way of slow rain has been told
Since the first twisted fruit tree hurt the earth;
And torrid oceans, infinite of girth,
Forever strive with interstellar cold.
He who would tell a new tale in his days,
Must set his compass arrogant of ships;
He must go down by unfrequented ways --
By sunken roads, where sunlight never slips.
Songs he must know a very god might raise.
Of a cool cup lifted to self-damned lips!
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