Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BIRTH OF SPRING, by ALICE TAFT STROWD


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BIRTH OF SPRING, by                    
First Line: Raging blasts of rain and sleet
Last Line: Spring has come again on earth.
Subject(s): Spring


Raging blasts of rain and sleet,
March winds swirling round my feet --

Sunshine just behind a cloud,
Rivers roaring wild and loud;

Mud and frost and sulky days,
Spring proclaims her fickle ways.

Wind in tumult mad and high,
Laughs against an azure sky.

Bold pedestrians venture out,
Gasp for breath, then turn about.

Children cry with bitten toes,
Reddened eye and frosted nose;

Nature in the thrall of pain,
Giving birth to spring again --

Wildest March awakes in me
Vibrant chords of sympathy.

Welcome this tempestuous birth,
Spring has come again on earth.





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