Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THROUGH RIVERS OF BLOOD, by SARA ADLER ROSALSKY


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THROUGH RIVERS OF BLOOD, by                    
First Line: Earthlings will yet do noble things
Last Line: They will achieve fraternity!
Subject(s): Explorers; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers


Earthlings will yet do noble things,
Fear not, -- these bloody underlings . . .
These uncouth, dinosaurish men,
Will reach the place destined for them . . .
They will put the soul's harmony,
Above their fiendish revelry . . .

Pass mountains of hostilities . . .
Purge ugly depths of rivalries . . .
Crumble, One Day, the madman's sword,
One Day, I say, but O my friend,
What mountings on hearts . . . what rivers of blood . . .
And limbs to cross . . . to gain that end!

When, after they have suffered much . . .
Their hands will reach out hands to touch . . .
Despite their grotesque strategy,
They will achieve Fraternity!





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