Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BLIZZARD NOTES, by CARL SANDBURG


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First Line: I don't blame the kettle drums - they are hungry
Last Line: A cradle moon rides out of a torn hole in the ragbag top of the sky.


I DON'T blame the kettle drums -- they are hungry.
And the snare drums -- I know what they want -- they are empty too.
And the harring booming bass drums -- they are hungriest of all.
.....
The howling spears of the Northwest die down.
The lullabies of the Southwest get a chance, a mother song.
A cradle moon rides out of a torn hole in the ragbag top of the sky.






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