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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WORDS, by GRACE MANSFIELD
First Line: Our words are flame and ashes, fleet
Last Line: The coin we used along the way we went.
Subject(s): Language; Words; Vocabulary
First Line: Our words are flame and ashes, fleet
Last Line: The coin we used along the way we went.
Subject(s): Language; Words; Vocabulary
Our words are flame and ashes, fleet as breath,
Plumes for adventure, pageantry of death.
Our words are color -- yellow, blue, and red,
Drumbeat for marching, prayer for bed.
Words are our armor, they are our intent,
The coin we used along the way we went.
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