Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONS OF ADAM, by WADE WRIGHT OLIVER


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SONS OF ADAM, by                    
First Line: Adam, wrestler with storms
Last Line: But the sons of adam crawl.
Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Sons


Adam, wrestler with storms,
Lusted and walked like a man.
Over the wilderness ways
The feet of his questing ran.

He knew how the north rains slash,
The teeth of the winds bite deep;
Knew how the forests war
Over a world asleep.

Swarthy and lean and hard,
Savage as wind and rain,
He knew how the gaunt wolf feels
Gnawed by the hunger-pain.

Adam, wrestler with storms,
Battled and laughed and died.
And still to the savage joust
The rains and the lean winds ride.

But the sons of Adam wax fat:
Flaccid and fearful they drowse,
And count their beads in the dark
When the lean hosts rouse.

Mumble fat prayers in their fear,
Then turn their face to the wall.
Adam walked like a man,
But the sons of Adam Crawl.





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