Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HAWK IN THE TWILIGHT, by GLENN WARD DRESBACH


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HAWK IN THE TWILIGHT, by                    
First Line: He drifts from dusts of twilight sifted there
Last Line: Deep into darkness where all flesh is kin!
Subject(s): Birds; Hawks


He drifts from dusts of twilight sifted there
On boughs as silent as his careful wings;
A shadow through the shadows of the air,
He nears the tops of drowsy grass, and clings
To one slow circle, then is borne away
As if on spreading circles of the dark ...
I have not seen him dart upon his prey --
But cries I heard when talons pierced their mark.
Sharp pain that shook the peace of coming night
With what a little sound! That I have heard
And still must hear beneath the taloned flight --
Articulate ... and vain ... as any word,
The very echo sinking, edged and thin,
Deep into darkness where all flesh is kin!





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