Mark Van Doren Dust Poems
- 1. After Long Drought
After long drought, commotion in the sky;
After dead silence, thunder. Then it comes,
The rain. It slashes leaves, and doubly drums
On tin and shingle; beats and bends awry
... - 2. Morning Worship
I wake and hearing it raining.
Were I dead, what would I give
Lazily to lie here,
Like this, and live?
... - 3. The Deepest Dream
The deepest dream is of mad governors,
Down, down we feel it, till the very crust
Of the world cracks, and where there was no dust,
Atoms of ruin rise. Confusion stirs,
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