Could God have meant the spring to hurt us so That wounds should ache when south winds blow? Must sweeter air and sun-warmed rain Bring back once more an ancient pain? And purple clouds that brood and drift Mean but a stab of anguish swift? Must sky-lines flowing free and far Revive the sting beneath a scar? And robin's song now hold a note That clutches at a parching throat? COULD God have MEANT the spring to be Just one black night of agony? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...READ THE SIGNS by CLARENCE MAJOR SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: DAVIS MATLOCK by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TRANSLUCENT FINGERS by MALCOLM COWLEY POSTHUMOUS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |