Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DROUGHT IN WEST TEXAS, by JESSICA MOREHEAD YOUNG First Line: Earth is sere and scorched and dry Last Line: Bringing life to earth again. Subject(s): Drought | ||||||||
Earth is sere and scorched and dry; Through the canyons, wild beasts cry; Writhing snakes through grasses crawl; Dust-choked leaves aweaving fall. Birds fly low and drop to cover; Vultures in the pastures hover; Blue heat wavelets dance and quiver Down the road, a molten river. Hordes of locusts in the sky Off to fields more fertile fly; Flaming air and pebbled dust Smite the cheek -- a keen sword-thrust. Wheat is blasted, sap all spent, Broken stems its cerement; Oh, for dew or drenching rain! Bringing life to earth again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CA'LINE'S PRAYER by LUCILLE CLIFTON SAN ANTONIO MI SANGRE: FROM THE HARD SEASON by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE DESERT PARABLE by ELEANOR WILNER KINGFISHER FLAT by WILLIAM EVERSON THE BROKEN DROUGHT by ROBERT FROST CANE: NOVEMBER COTTON FLOWER by JEAN TOOMER DESERT WIFE by NELLIE COOLEY ALDER DROUTH WILL BE ENDED by GLADYS NAOMI ARNOLD ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING, WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES |
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