Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FLIGHT, by EDNA BACON MORRISON


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FLIGHT, by                    
First Line: The birds are flying south, today I saw
Last Line: Tomorrow's dawn will break across the skies.
Subject(s): Birds


The birds are flying south, today I saw
The sunlight on a flock of blackbird's wings.
Wild geese have set their sails, the gander's caw
Breaking the hush of night. The robin sings
No more at break of day; the scarlet hill
No longer echoes with the sweet refrain.
Today's birds all are gone, the promise still
Remains, tomorrow's birds will come again.

And so my heart takes hope; the winged flight
Of birds is like the changefulness of time;
The passing of the mist, the march of right.
Today new tasks, new thoughts, new sorrows chime.
What if I grope and tears now dim my eyes:
Tomorrow's dawn will break across the skies.





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