Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BENEDICTION, by HELEN SORRELLS


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BENEDICTION, by                    
First Line: They still recall, in wagon mound, that bleak
Last Line: Money for silver pines above her grave.


They still recall, in Wagon Mound, that bleak
Small town that knots three highways in a Y,
A fragile Eastern woman come to die
With scarlet flags of fever on her cheek.
Strangest of all was how, week after week,
Her eyes probed distances for trees. "The sky
Is parched. These prairies ache for roots," she'd sigh.
"Not even a willow grows beside the creek."
She said the wind was futile, lacking trees,
And for the same lack, aimless was the rain.
The prairie people asked if her disease
Or her desire for trees caused her more pain.
They thought her mad, but when she died they gave
Money for silver pines above her grave.





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