Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PRAIRIE WATERS BY NIGHT, by CARL SANDBURG



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First Line: Chatter of birds two by two raises a night
Last Line: Running water.


CHATTER of birds two by two raises a night song joining a litany of
running water -- sheer waters showing the russet of old stones
remembering many rains.

And the long willows drowse on the shoulders of the running water, and
sleep from much music; joined songs of day-end, feathery throats and
stony waters, in a choir chanting new psalms.

It is too much for the long willows when low laughter of a red moon
comes down; and the willows drowse and sleep on the shoulders of the
running water.






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