Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SECRET, by MABEL HILL


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First Line: Insistent chickadees are crying
Last Line: Across the snowswept field!
Subject(s): Spring


Insistent chickadees are crying
From the spruce-tree hedge,
And blue jays forage from
The maple, branch to branch.
Across the snowswept field
The gay-decked pheasants
Pick their way,
Proud of their royal feathers.

The frozen brooks,
The cold white meadow-lands,
The hillsides, swept with winter's
Whitened frost,
Are girt in winter's grasp.

But shadows shorten
As the sun
Mounts high
Behind the hill.

And secretly at work
The miracle takes place;
The air is freighted
With the spring!
The sweetness of the
Coming April shower
And May-time sunshine
Creeps into the frosty wind
And permeates the sentient world.
A secret now
But guessed by
Chickadee and blue jay
And guessed by you and me, Beloved,
As we together, make our way
Across the snowswept field!





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