Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SOURCE, by ISLA PASCHAL RICHARDSON


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First Line: No rain for weeks ... A burning sun ... Scorched
Last Line: "alone—alone with god) ""all night in prayer!"
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Zinnias


No rain for weeks ... a burning sun ... scorched grass ...
And dust. ... And yet a clump of zinnias still
Unfolding brilliant colors from their dry
Brown stalks—their sustenance a mystery!

And then one morn, when early dawn outlines
Black velvet shadows with a touch of grey,
I looked into the garden. Sparkling dew
Like trembling diamonds clung to every leaf
And withered stem. The zinnias stood with heads
Uplifted, drinking in the cool night air
And dew. In vibrant silence, storing strength
To meet the day. ... I thought of One upon
A lonely mountain-top, retreating for
A few brief hours from men, soul-hungry throngs
That He must feed. ... "And he continued" (there
Alone—alone with God) "all night in prayer!"





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