Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REPOSE, by IONE MORRISON RIDER


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REPOSE, by                    
First Line: I had forgot there was so much of peace
Last Line: Wearing a jeweled hour as a crown.
Subject(s): Peace


I had forgot there was so much of peace
In pausing by the road beneath a tree.
The wind walks by, and brings a sure release
From all things slight and meaningless. To be
Is suddenly enough. I had not known
Before, when all concerned with common needs --
The daily round of things, absorbing grown
Beyond desert -- that flowering wayside weeds
Could be so exquisite. A thousand hands
Extend a gracious welcome from the tree
Beneath whose arms I weave anew the strands
Of sadly worn and frayed tranquillity.
Now closer move the soothing steps of slow
Pervasive peace. Stillness settles down,
Enfolds me like a cloak...Abroad I go
Wearing a jeweled hour as a crown.





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