Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, YOU SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY, GOD, by MARTHA A. M. THOMS


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YOU SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY, GOD, by                    
First Line: How many voices must be echoing in heaven
Last Line: "whimpering, ""father, bread!"
Subject(s): Voices


How many voices must be echoing in Heaven, God;
How many sounds must beat upon your ears!
While I hear one man pouring out his fears,
The sorrowful chorus of the world is sung to You.

While I hear one bell tolling through the quite night,
Millions of bells are clamoring on high,
Billions of people shouting, "When?" "Where?" "Why?"
All day, each day, they scream their frenzied ravings at You.

Though the ceaseless noise of my small world seems deafening,
A universal din to You is raised;
With banging, clanging noise You must be dazed
As the whirling wheels of Time rush through the centuries.

But You should listen closely, God;
You should bend your head,
And hear the hungry children
Whimpering, "Father, bread!"





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