Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, 5:30 A.M, by RUTH SCHERMERHORN


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First Line: Only the birds are cheerful with the dawn
Last Line: Birds hop gayly on the rain-wet lawn.
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise


Only the birds are cheerful with the dawn --
the sky a dead eye horribly pried open --
and words spoken
echo harshly from unfriendly stone.

Now is the time of furtive-closing doors
on beds where dulled heads toss in the soiled covers;
the street mutters
sullen promises of clanking cars.

Now is the time of rest from tortured pain,
as death with cold breath whispers beneath windows:
without shadows
birds hop gayly on the rain-wet lawn.





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