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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EAGLE SONNETS: 5, by CLEMENT WOOD Poet's Biography First Line: Flower of the dust am I Last Line: To let new heavens ripple out of dust. Subject(s): Native Americans - Religion | |||
Flower of the dust am I: for dust will flower, Before its final reckoning is had; And then this dust, in a hot sudden hour, Shall stagger, veer, and flounder, in a mad, Tumultuous plunge into that blazing sun -- Mere dust on fire -- that gave it once its birth; And man and all his doings shall be one With the charred cinder that was once an earth. And then again a brief, unhurried cooling, More flowers that walk and dream, maybe -- and then The aged sun will end its scanted ruling As surely as there is an end to men. The heavens at last will end, as all things must -- To let new heavens ripple out of dust. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST: YA-IHL'S SONG TO THE NORTH WIND by ALICE HENSON ERNST THE VICTORY OF FAITH by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON THE ARCTIC INDIAN'S FAITH by THOMAS D'ARCY MCGEE HOPI SNAKE DANCE by J. MORRIS RICHARDS THE MOHEGAN CHURCH by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY MOUNT AGIOCHOOK by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER EAGLE SONNETS: 3 by CLEMENT WOOD EAGLE SONNETS: 4 by CLEMENT WOOD EAGLE SONNETS: 6 by CLEMENT WOOD |
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