Laurie Lee Hunger Poems
- 1. Apples
Behold the applesâ?? rounded worlds:
juice-green of July rain,
the black polestar of flowers, the rind
mapped with its crimson stain.
... - 2. Christmas Landscape
Tonight the wind gnaws
With teeth of glass,
The jackdaw shivers
In caged branches of iron,
... - 3. Winter Poem
Tonight the wind gnaws with teeth of glass
The jackdaw shivers in caged branches of iron
The stars have talons
There is hunger in the mouth of vole and badger
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